HOFFMAN — A correctional officer is facing criminal charges after allegedly trying to smuggle drugs into the local prison.
According to the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were dispatched to Richmond Correctional Institution on Saturday, Sept. 28, with a supervisor saying a prison employee was found with illegal narcotics when she arrived at work.
The correctional officer, 29-year-old Bianca Leshay Bullock of Wadesboro, reportedly set off a scanner and staffers reportedly found the following in her undergarments:
- 4.5 grams of marijuana in separate baggies (2.1grams and 2.4 grams)
- 73 suboxone strips
- A white paper-like object suspected of being “Spice”
- Two packs of a “red jelly liquid”
(Note: The initial press release from the sheriff’s office indicated the weight of the marijuana in ounces.)
Bullock was arrested and charged with: felony possession of a controlled substance on prison or jail premises; and one misdemeanor count each of simple possession of a Schedule III controlled substance and simple possession of a Schedule VI controlled substance.
According to the sheriff’s office, Bullock was released on a $25,000 unsecured bond. She is scheduled to appear in court Oct. 17.
According to multiple news outlets, one correctional officer in Greene County was charged after allegedly being caught with K2 (a synthetic marijuana known as spice) in August, and another in Lee County was reportedly caught with more than 2 pounds of cocaine in July.
All defendants facing criminal charges are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
