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| Two jailers charged with having sex with inmates |
| By AP |
| Published: 08/27/2003 |
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Two Cumberland County, N.C., jailers charged with having sex with inmates and selling alcohol, drugs and other items are scheduled to appear in court Thursday. Officials said more arrests are expected. Latoya Christel Swartz, 25, was charged Wednesday with nine counts of furnishing controlled substances and nine counts of possessing controlled substances. She is charged with four counts of sexual activity by a custodian and three counts of trading contraband with inmates. Swartz is accused of providing liquor, food, prescription medicine, cigars and pornographic magazines to inmates and having sex with them. Promises Malloy Ward, 24, is charged with seven counts of trading contraband and one count of having sex with an inmate. Investigators say Ward wrote letters to an inmate, had sex with him and gave him a cell phone. Bail was set at $1 million for Swartz; $1.2 million for Ward. They were suspended with pay July 3, when the investigation began. Sheriff Moose Butler said the jailers 'do not represent the people who work in this jail day in and day out. 'We've got good people. We've made mistakes.' Ward and Swartz worked as sworn officers at the jail since Sept. 30, Butler has said. Pre-employment background checks on Ward and Swartz showed no problems or prior criminal records, he said. The pair was being held in Harnett County jail Wednesday and is scheduled to appear in Cumberland County Court Thursday. Officials said prosecutors will ask a judge to sign an order sending the women to Women's Prison in Raleigh to await trial. |
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