Matt Moran: Dirty Correctional Officer?

 

According to some sources, bad haircut aside, Matthew Jordan Moran is a good "kid." According to the Lauderdale County sheriff, he's a bad 'un who has betrayed all trust placed in him and committed three felonies. Since the 20 year-old Moran was caught smuggling a large quantity of meth into his workplace at the Lauderdale County Detention Center, most of us would go with the latter.

If there's one complaint we hear about Rick Singleton, it's that his employees are undertrained on legal procedure and that some of them are actually crooked. Unfortunately, Moran proves their point. 

We've also been told that the sheriff's department has an extremely difficult time with staffing, especially at the jail. That, coupled with the fact that Moran's older sister also works at the facility, apparently let Moran slip through normal vetting of employees. 

Moran, who reportedly lives on Helton Drive in Florence and won't be 21 for two more months, was easy prey for what our sources are calling a much larger gang both outside and inside the detention center. Sheriff Singleton has stated more arrests are to follow.

As of now, Matt Moran remains a guest in the establishment he helped police just 24 hours earlier. Perhaps his family thinks this is the best place for him? We can only imagine what Moran himself must think...if he thinks at all. One informant stated Moran had been pursuing a degree in Criminal Justice. Perhaps he felt he was above the law?

If Matthew Moran thought he was special, he sadly wouldn't be the first one judging from our reader comments...