Wednesday, February 15, 2023

Who Smuggled Drugs into the Lauderdale County Detention Center?

 



Harley James Coyer, facing 11 charges, had been incarcerated in the Lauderdale County Detention Center without bail for the past nine months. He left the jail on Valentine's Day at 7:27 p.m. - in a body bag. Another unnamed inmate who was being housed in the same jail suite as the 37 year-old Florence man was similarly ill, but taken to the hospital and is now in fair condition.

With no signs of trauma on the deceased's body, authorities are looking at drugs. How did these dangerous substances get into the detention center?

Only attorneys and corrections personnel enter the jail. Some years ago, a now disbarred attorney was accused of smuggling drugs to one of his clients, but was never charged. There have been several arrests the past few years charging jailers and other personnel of smuggling drugs. One enterprising young officer slipped Suboxone strips between the pages of a Bible he attempted to deliver to an inmate.

According to social media, Harley Coyer had a wife and family. Whoever brought the drugs into the detention center should be charged with Felony Murder. It won't bring the deceased inmate back, but it might make other jailers think twice before they introduce contraband into the jail.



1 comment:

  1. If there was drugs in the jail, of course they were brought in by the EMPLOYEES. I've personally been in this jail and have seen just how awful these employees are. Half of them are kids and have no experience at all. There is always one good one but for the most part, the jailers as you called them, are dirty. And what's bad, those same dirty jailers will also be the ones that mistreat you and add on charges for the exact drug they gave you. Alot of people say, don't do nothing to get locked up but just because a person goes to jail, doesn't give these jailers a right to treat you like dirt. I know drugs can be sent to the jail by mail but the majority is brought in by the people that work there. It's happened more times than anyone really knows. They have the women housed just like prison. This jail needs to be investigated for alot more than just drugs. There is black mold all over the place. It's a horrible place to be. No one should have to live the way these inmates do. Just because they are in jail, doesn't mean they should be forced to live the way the do or be treated the way they do.

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