CORRECTIONS OFFICER ARRESTED

The FBI and Escambia County Alabama Sheriff’s Office have a arrested a corrections officer on contraband charges. Lakerdra Snowden, a corrections officer at the Escambia County Alabama Detention Center was arrested after a joint operation between the Sheriff’s Office and the FBI into the smuggling of contraband into the facility. Sheriff Heath Jackson said he terminated Snowden’s employment and that more charges are anticipated. Snowden is charged with bringing contraband into the facility and using her official position for personal gain, and was booked into jail without bond.

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