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Darrington guard collaborated with ex-inmate smuggling blow into Bayou State

Yikes! From the "What was she thinking?" department, here's a story of prison guard corruption I didn't read in the Texas papers, via Drug War Chronicle:In Lake Charles, Louisiana, a Texas prison guard was arrested Monday night after Louisiana state troopers found 1.2 pounds of cocaine in her vehicle during a drug dog search after a traffic stop. LaQuatta Felder of Houston works at the Darrington Penitentiary in Rosharon, Texas, and was traveling with a former Darrington prisoner, Joseph Harris. Both were booked into the the Jefferson Davis Parish Jail for possession with intent to distribute cocaine.Felder refused consent to a search her vehicle so troopers brought in a drug dog, which signaled on the 1.2 pounds of blow, according to a TV news report...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on August 03, 2008 (boomark / email).