(CLEVELAND, Ohio) — A Cuyahoga County grand jury has indicted a corrections officer from the Cuyahoga County Corrections Center on drug related charges.
Stephen A. Thomas was indicted on offenses that occurred on or about January 18, April 8, April 12 and May 8, 2019. According to the indictment, Thomas allegedly furnished individuals with controlled substances, accepted cash from inmates to purchase contraband and facilitated the transportation of drugs into the jail.
Thomas is charged with:
- One count of illegal conveyance of drugs of abuse onto grounds of a specified government facility (F-3)
- One count of trafficking in fentanyl-related compound (F-4)
- One count of possessing criminal tools, (F-5)
- One count of possession of a fentanyl-related compound (F-4)
- One count of trafficking in heroin (F-5)
- Three counts of bribery (F-3)
- One count of illegal conveyance of communications device onto the grounds of a specified governmental facility (M-1)
- One count of obstructing justice (F-5)
- Two counts of corrupting another with drugs (F-2)
Indictments merely contain allegations and the defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.
The Special Prosecutions section of the Ohio Attorney General’s Office is prosecuting the case. Indictments for additional Cuyahoga County Corrections Center officers were previously announced on
April 8, 2019 and
April 18, 2019.
MEDIA CONTACT:
David O'Neil: 614-728-6069
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