The Guilford County Sheriff’s Office has very little to say about the matter at this time; however, on Friday afternoon, Jan. 3, Guilford County Sheriff Danny Rogers reported that, on Thursday, Jan. 2, deputies arrested a Guilford County detention officer on a felony charge of “Maintaining a Dwelling for Controlled Substances.”
The Sheriff’s Office is the arm of the county that’s responsible for staffing and overseeing the county’s two jails.
According to the very bare bones report from the office, at about 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, deputies with the Sheriff’s Office executed a narcotics search warrant, and, during the search of the home, 47-year-old Lakeshia Holloway was arrested and charged with the felony.
This is of particular concern given her occupation, since one of the major efforts of the Sheriff’s Office, as the overseer of jail operations, is keeping drugs out of the jails. Though, at this point in the investigation, no evidence has been presented that suggests this drug dwelling arrest is connected to drug use by jail inmates.
Holloway (pictured above) was placed on leave without pay pending an internal investigation by the department.
The very brief report from the Sheriff’s Office states, “Because this is an ongoing investigation, no additional information can be released at this time.”
The Sheriff’s Office has had a very difficult time keeping its detention officer jobs filled despite a long list of perks that the Guilford County Board of Commissioners approved three years ago to help remedy the vacancy problem in the jails.
IF this person is in fact guilty of this offense, she deserves no less than 20 years in prison. Anything less is a slap on the wrist. Drug dealers commit murder the same as a person who shoots or stabs someone.
Got to be one of the most difficult jobs in county government
So are saying that because she has a difficult job, that’s a reason to put drugs on the street. Please sir explain your line of reasoning
This woman be working extra shifts in the jail for years. Not the hardest worker, but one thats there all the time. Now we know why. Yes there is plenty of drugs in the Guilford County jails. Was this why? Many of us know we just waiting on the Sheriff to admit it. When hiring standards are relaxed, this stuff be more common. They been relaxed so many times in recent years, they all but hiring folks as soon as they released from jail from catching previous charges. The jail supervisors can only do so much with the quality of help they are given to work with. Please do a follow up story soon it should make for interesting reading. Thank you mister Scott Yost. Have a good day. Pistachio