Yadkin Co. detention officer charged with helping to smuggle narcotics into jail after forming relationship with inmate
Investigators said Wendy Kaye Nelson, a nighttime detention officer, was involved in an inappropriate personal relationship with an inmate. Author: Carrie Hodgin (WFMY News 2 Digital) Published: 6:53 PM EDT May 3, 2021 Updated: 6:58 PM EDT May 3, 2021
YADKIN COUNTY, N.C. A Yadkin County detention officer was involved with helping to smuggle narcotics into the jail, according to the Yadkin County Sheriff’s Office.
Investigators said Wendy Kaye Nelson, a nighttime detention officer, was involved in an inappropriate personal relationship with an inmate. They said she allowed the inmate to use a cellphone while incarcerated. They also said she helped two others in the delivery of contraband and narcotics hidden in property for the inmate, Christopher Cody Caudill.
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Eleven people, including a detention officer at the Yadkin County Jail, are facing charges after authorities discovered that narcotics were being smuggled into the jail. According to a press release from the Yadkin County Sheriff’s Office, items containing illegal narcotics were being mailed through the United States Postal Service into the Yadkin County Detention Center.
Yadkin County Sheriff Ricky Oliver said he considered this a very serious situation and that there was a no tolerance policy for such actions by detention staff.
“It’s not just about keeping the drugs out of the facility, it’s also about the security of the facility and the safety of the officers that work there,” Oliver said. “One of the first things that I tell employees of the Sheriff’s Office is that we are not above the law. The Yadkin County Sheriff’s Office has no tolerance for those who violate policy, procedure and the law.”
Group urges lawmakers to designate Bridal Veil Falls as Utah state monument
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This Tuesday, May 30, 2017, photo, shows the Bridal Veil Falls along the Provo Canyon, near Provo, Utah.
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UTAH COUNTY, Utah â A newly-created non-profit organization is urging lawmakers to designate Bridal Veil Falls as a Utah state monument.
Conserve Utah Valley hopes state legislators support a bill from Rep. Keven Stratton (R-Orem) that would award the waterfall the state designation.
The outcry comes after a developer introduced plans to build a new drug treatment center and tram on top of Bridal Veil Falls. The
Developer drops his lawsuit over Bridal Veil Falls
Richard Losee had wanted to build a high-end rehab center atop the falls until blocked by the county in a move he believes was illegal.
(Isaac Hale | The Daily Herald file photo via AP) Water cascades down Bridal Veil Falls in Provo Canyon, Utah, Dec. 1, 2020. A developer who wanted to buy part of the property and build a high-end treatment lodge at the top and a tram has dropped his lawsuit against Utah County for blocking his plans.
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Richard Losee, the developer, wanted to build a treatment center at the top of the falls, accessed by an aerial tramway that the public would have occasionally been able to pay to use. The Utah County Commission shattered those plans late last year when it placed the county-owned falls under a conservation easement, and Losee retaliated with a lawsuit. His convoluted legal complaint claimed the commissioners had given away the useful value of the land and improperly