Felony counts withdrawn against Waynesburg woman

Three felony counts of institutional sexual assault against a Greene County woman who was employed at a state prison in Fayette County were withdrawn Tuesday.
In exchange for the withdrawals, Natalie Ketchem, 39, of Waynesburg waived a misdemeanor count of contraband to Fayette County Court.
There, under an agreement with prosecutors, she will apply for the Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition program, which is a diversionary program for first-time, nonviolent offenders.
State police had alleged Ketchem, a food service instructor at the State Correctional Institution at Fayette, was caught on security cameras having sex with a male inmate at the lockup.
When the charges were filed in October, a representative for the state Department of Corrections said that Ketchem has worked at the facility since 2007 and was suspended.
Ketchem is free on $25,000 unsecured bond.
She will be arraigned in common pleas court next month.