LINCOLN COUNTY, N.C — A Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office jail employee has been charged and fired for allegedly giving an inmate a cell phone.
Detention officers found that inmate Christopher Roy Bell, 28, had a cell phone inside of his jail cell, according to the Lincoln County Detention Center.
Detectives discovered that the detention officer, Jocelyn Marie Santiago, gave the phone to Bell.
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Detectives learned that the inmate and detention officer had been communicating and had formed a relationship.
Santiago is charged with furnishing a controlled substance to an inmate and is placed under a $2,500 unsecured bond.
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