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JSO Corrections Officer Accused Of Bring Drugs Into Duval Jail

The John E. Goode Pre-trial Detention Facility, commonly referred to as the Duval County Jail.
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The John E. Goode Pre-trial Detention Facility, commonly referred to as the Duval County Jail.

A corrections officer already under investigation was arrested early Sunday morning when officers said they caught him bringing methamphetamines and marijuana cigarettes into the jail.

Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Undersheriff Pat Ivey said Hunter Jean, 24, was charged with three felonies: delivering and distributing meth, delivering and distributing marijuana, and introduction of contraband into corrections facility.

WJCT News partner News4Jax reported Jean had been a JSO corrections officer for almost four years. He resigned from the Sheriff’s Office after he was arrested.

Ivey said Jean had been under investigation by the JSO integrity and special investigations since receiving a tip on Oct. 20 and it appears that Jean was being paid to delivering the drugs and was not the dealer. Ivey emphasized that the case is still under investigation and if anyone else was involved, “We’ll find them.”

Ivey said the drugs were confiscated before they reached any inmates on Sunday but they suspect this wasn’t the first time Jean smuggled contraband into the jail.

Read the rest of this story at News4Jax.com.