CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A Cuyahoga County corrections officer is accused of trying to smuggle heroin and pills into the county jail for an accused rapist, court records say.

Corrections officer Kamara Austin, 43, is charged with second-degree felony drug trafficking, drug possession and possessing criminal tools.

His bond is set at $250,000, according to court records. He is scheduled to make is first appearance Friday in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court.

Austin smuggled 16 grams of heroin and 32 unidentified yellow pills into the jail for Anthony Lett, who is accused of raping a woman during a home invasion and stealing guns from the Berea gun show, court records say.

Federal agents arrested Austin about 3:15 p.m. Wednesday in the parking lot of Miles Grocery, on East 131st Street near Miles Avenue in Cleveland.

Investigators found the heroin and pills with him. They also seized his cellphone, according to court records.

Austin was hired as a corrections officer in the Cuyahoga County jail in 1998. He was placed on unpaid leave after his arrest.

Lett, 40, is jailed on $250,000 bond in connection with an April 24, 2016 home invasion and rape in Cleveland. He has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder, rape and other charges in that case.

He and another man, James Underwood, are accused of breaking into a home on East 127th Street and forcing a husband and wife into their bedroom at gunpoint.

The two men demanded the couple's money and bank cards. The men then forced the couple back downstairs.

The husband ran from the home and Underwood fired several shots, hitting the husband once in the left arm, court records say.

Lett then took the woman to the basement and raped her, police said.

Less than a week later, the duo conspired to steal a 9-millimeter handgun from the gun show at the Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds, according to court records.

Lett distracted a Mansfield firearms dealer while Underwood stole a 9-millimeter pistol, court records say. A North Olmsted police officer working security at the show chased the duo. The officer caught Lett and arrested him.

That case was initially filed in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court, but has since been transferred to federal court. He is charged in federal court with possessing a gun as a felon and possessing a stolen gun. He pleaded not guilty in that case.

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