A trio of North Carolina deputies get nailed for unlawfully seized a suspected drug dealer s car, a sticky-fingered Arkansas sheriff s lieutenant gets stung, and more. Let s get to it:
In Nashville, North Carolina, a Nash County jail guard was arrested Monday after being caught trying to smuggle suboxone into the jail. Guard Chaka Johnson was found with Suboxone, a drug used to treat opioid dependence, on him as he arrived at work. He is charged with possession of a controlled substance in a prison/jail premises.
In North Port, Florida, a North Port Police civilian employee was arrested Tuesday after being found in possession of numerous controlled substances. Former Forensic Supervisor Tracy Gold, 48, got caught with 17.8 grams of hydromorphone, 35 grams of oxycodone, and 19.2 grams of hydrocodone, as well as small amounts of alprazolam, triazolam and tramadol. She is facing six felony counts, four for illegal possession of prescription pills and two for having enough pills to tra
HENDERSON â Prosecutors have secured new indictments in a case involving the Vance County Sheriffâs Office that accuses its second in command and two deputies of conspiring to dodge North Carolina laws on civil asset forfeiture.
A grand jury handed up the indictments of Maj. Stephen OâNeal Staton, Deputy Purav J. Patel and Deputy Mitch Taybronn Pittman on April 14, but they remained sealed under a judgeâs order until Monday.
On Tuesday, all three were booked at the Wake County Jail, according to a Twitter post by managers of that facility. Court documents indicate that all three received unsecured bonds, of $50,000 in Pittmanâs case and $35,00 in Patelâs and Statonâs, that allowed them to go free.