CRAWFORD COUNTY, Ga. — A Georgia detention officer is off the job after the sheriff’s office said he was providing inmates with contraband.
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On Sept. 4, the Crawford County Sheriff’s Office said it was made aware of a detention officer providing inmates with a cell phone and smoking vapes in the jail.
That same day, Detention Ofc. Octavious Deshaun King was placed on administrative leave with pay.
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Crawford investigators began a criminal investigation into the matter.
During the investigation, officials said probable cause was determined that King had committed a criminal act. King was terminated.
King turned himself in to the Crawford County Sheriff’s Office on Friday.
He was charged with one count of violation of oath by a public officer and one count of giving inmates liquor, drugs, and weapons, without the consent of the warden.
King had his first appearance hearing with a bond set at $10,000.
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