DUBLIN, Ga. (AP) - A former Dublin Police officer is in custody for allegedly giving money and contraband to an inmate.
The Dublin Police Department, in a news release, said the Georgia Department of Corrections asked the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to investigate an officer for allegedly giving money to an inmate at the Laurens County Jail. The probe found that Shuronica Walker, 37, was giving money through CashApp, a non-approved method that violates Georgia law, news outlets said.
Walker also allegedly gave the inmate contraband, though the release doesn’t specify the type of contraband involved, investigators said.
Walker, of East Dublin, was arrested Thursday on one count each of items prohibited for possession of inmates and violation of oath of office. It was unknown if she has an attorney who could speak on her behalf. She was fired following her arrest.
The Department of Corrections is also securing an arrest warrant for the inmate - 46-year-old Reginald Cooper - for two counts of items prohibited for possession of inmates and one count of tampering with evidence. Cooper is serving a life sentence for a 2005 murder in Dougherty County at the Wheeler County Correctional Facility in Alamo.
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