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Last updated on Thursday, May 14, 2015
(BUNKER HILL) - A Miami Correctional Facility Officer was arrested after police say he smuggled narcotics and other contraband into the prison.
After a joint criminal investigation by Indiana State Police and the Indiana Department of Correction Internal Affairs police arrested 30-year-old Correctional Officer Brandon Wicker, of Walton, on felony counts for conspiracy to deal methamphetamine, trafficking with an inmate and conspiracy to commit dealing in a schedule III controlled substance. Wicker also faces an additional misdemeanor charge for possession of a controlled substance. He has posted a surety bond of $28,000.
In March, during a routine search inside the Miami Correctional Facility, officers discovered evidence that illegal narcotics and other contraband were being smuggled into the prison.Police say Wicker was purportedly bringing the illegal items into the facility.
As part of the investigation, officers searched Wicker's pickup truck and his Cass County home. They allegedly found prescription medication, synthetic marijuana, and other items that Wicker was allegedly preparing to smuggle to an inmate inside the prison. Investigators also allegedly found meth at the correctional facility that Wicker had purportedly smuggled inside the high-medium security men's prison.
Wicker was allegedly paid by a third party outside the prison to bring contraband into the facility.
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