Criminal Law
North Carolina Detention Officer Charged in ‘Elaborate Scheme’ to Provide Drugs to Inmates
LOUISBURG, N.C. (WNCN) — A Franklin County Sheriff’s Office Detention Officer was arrested and charged for his role in providing drugs and other contraband to inmates.
Officer Chase Garnett Strickland, 28, was charged with one count of providing contraband to an inmate in what the sheriff’s office is calling an “elaborate pyramid-type scheme”.
Deputies also charged three inmates, Deaven St. Charles Holmes, 29, Joseph Butler Bradley Jr., 34, and Jason Todd Wrenn, 37, with felony drug charges.
Holmes was charged with one count of providing contraband to an inmate and one count of possession of controlled substances in jail premises. He is currently in the Franklin County Detention Center under a $150,000 secured bond.
