SPRINGVILLE, Ala. – Deandre Price, 23, was arrested Tuesday for attempting to smuggle illegal contraband inside the St. Clair Correctional Facility in Springville.
Price, a correctional officer, was charged with possession of a controlled substance and promoting contraband within a state correctional facility. Investigators with the Alabama ÐÔÊӽ紫ý of Corrections searched Price when he reported to work Tuesday morning and found illegal drugs and other contraband in his possession.
Price resigned after his arrest and was booked at the St. Clair County Jail. Price had been with ADOC since May 2016.
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