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This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories

by psmith, January 11, 2017, 07:03pm, (Issue #957)
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This week, it should be "This Week's Corrupt Jail Guards," since that's all we've got. Let's get to it:

In Houma, Louisiana, a Lafourche Parish jail guard was arrested last Tuesday on drug trafficking charges. Guard LaShanta Williams, 36, went down after a two-month investigation into drugs being sent from California. Williams's brother was the actual target of the investigation, but after he was arrested, Williams allegedly returned to the home she shared with him and removed evidence. She is charged with obstruction of justice and transactions involving proceeds from drug offenses.

In Sevierville, Tennessee, a Sevier County jail guard was arrested last Thursday for smuggling drugs into the county jail. Corrections Officer Joshua Davis, 24, went down after authorities received a tip that he was plotting with an inmate and the inmate's mother to bring narcotics into the jail and searched him when he arrived at work and found drugs. He is charged with introducing contraband into a penal facility, criminal conspiracy, and possession of Schedule III drugs. The inmate and his mother were also arrested.

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Corrupt guard?

by tim dellas (not verified), January 18, 2017, 06:38pm
There's corruption alright, but one might ask what harm the guard was doing by helping the prisoners get some drugs. I mean if you were looked up in prison for a drug "crime" hey let's have some drugs already. The real corruption comes from laws that enact harsh penalties for victimless "crimes". And now the phony government laws have three more victims, what gives?

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