Crime & Safety
DeKalb Sheriff FIred For Allegedly Providing Contraband: Sheriff: ICYMI
Detention Officer Elizabeth Ashley Meta Young was arrested after an internal investigation into contraband at a DeKalb County jail.
DECATUR, GA -- A DeKalb County jailer was arrested Friday for allegedly providing contraband to an inmate, authorities announced. Detention Officer Elizabeth Ashley Meta Young was arrested after an internal investigation at a DeKalb County jail.
Young, 33, is facing charges of violation of oath of office and two counts of crossing the state/county guard lines, all felonies, according to a news release from DeKalb Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Cynthia Baugh Williams. (SIGN UP: Get Patch's Daily Newsletter and Real Time News Alerts. Or, if you have an iPhone, download the free Patch app.)
"Deputies found large amounts of tobacco in her possession while she was on duty," Williams said in the release. According to warrants, Young plotted to deliver the tobacco to an inmate with whom she had been corresponding.
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Young bonded out of jail and was fired, according to the Sheriff's Office.
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