EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A 35-year veteran of the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office was arrested and charged Tuesday, July 30 in connection with bringing illegal drugs into the El Paso County Jail Annex, the Sheriff’s Office said.
Detention Lt. Lance Brown was arrested and charged with organized criminal activity under a $10,000 bond, the Sheriff’s Office said.
The drugs were identified as synthetic cannabis, the Sheriff’s Office said.
Earlier this month, the Sheriff’s Office received information that an inmate at the Jail Annex had been receiving illegal drugs from outside the facility and was distributing them to other inmates, the Sheriff’s Office said.
Brown was identified through an investigation as the individual who was bringing drugs into the facility and to the inmate, the Sheriff’s Office said.
He has since bonded out of jail and has resigned from the Sheriff’s Office, according to EPCSO.
“The illegal acts of this high-ranking Sheriff’s Office employee are reprehensible and placed the health of inmates in jeopardy. Criminal acts will not be tolerated and those responsible will be held accountable,” El Paso County Sheriff Richard Wiles said.
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