A corrections officer at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville was arrested Tuesday after Statesboro-Bulloch Crime Suppression Team investigators learned of her plans to buy marijuana in Statesboro and sell it to inmates in the prison, authorities said. Investigators received information Tuesday that a female corrections officer was planning to purchase a quantity of marijuana in Statesboro and smuggle it into the facility, then sell it to inmates, according to a Crime Suppression Team news release. A confidential source provided investigators with the female’s vehicle description and direction of travel into Statesboro.
State corrections officer arrested in marijuana sales plot
Police: Pot was to be sold to inmates