A 21-year-old Curry County jail guard is accused of helping an inmate receive marijuana in exchange for payment in hamburgers.
Investigators say guard Jaime de la Cruz met with Percy Herrera in the detention center parking lot where Herrera gave de la Cruz a package containing four individual marijuana bundles and a bag of rolling tobacco, and paid de la Cruz in hamburgers.
De la Cruz was accused of then delivering the pot and tobacco to an inmate at the jail, Willie Cooper.
Sheriff’s deputies and detention center personnel conducted a search of Cooper's pod where they located several burnt rolling paper ends and the empty bag that had contained the tobacco.
The investigation is continuing and additional arrests are anticipated. In all, six people, including three inmates, are facing charges for the scheme.
As of broadcast, the inmates' images were the only available.
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