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COLUMBUS COUNTY, N.C. — A correctional officer was arrested after authorities say he brought drugs into a North Carolina prison and sold them to an inmate.

According to WECT, William Katrell Jacobs was arrested Saturday, the same day the incident happened.

A spokesperson for the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office said Jacobs also had a weapon in his vehicle, which was parked in the prison parking lot.

Jacobs was charged with felony possession with the intent to manufacture, sell or deliver a synthetic cannabinoid; felony delivering a synthetic cannabinoid; maintaining a place for a controlled substance; possession of a controlled substance in prison/jail; and possession of a weapon on state property/courthouse.

He was released on bond after being arrested.

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