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Plot at Upstate detention center involved officers, inmates, fake delivery person, sheriff says

By Stephanie Moore

Plot at Upstate detention center involved officers, inmates, fake delivery person, sheriff says

The Cherokee County Sheriff's Office said investigators have uncovered a plot where detention center officers, inmates and a woman posing as a food delivery worker were able to get contraband inside a jail. The investigation wrapped up on Wednesday. Investigators said they discovered between Nov. 1 and Nov. 4 an inmate was able to persuade two detention officers to help him get contraband into the detention center. They said the contraband included cigarettes, vapes and marijuana.Investigators said the plot involved Vanessa Renee Addy who posed as a food delivery person and brought in bags of food with contraband hidden inside and gave it to the detention officers.Investigators said those detention officers would then get the contraband to the inmate who would then deliver it to the housing units. The investigation resulted in four already incarcerated inmates being charged, along with two detention officers who were immediately fired and arrested. Addy, the delivery person, was also arrested and was booked into the detention center. The detention officers were charged with furnishing contraband to an inmate. The sheriff's office said they were both hired in January and were both working when they were arrested. The sheriff's office provided the list of suspects and charges: Christopher Randall Duncan: Former detention officer charged with furnish or possession of contraband in a prison Darius Michael Fuller: Former detention officer charged with furnish or possession of contraband in a prisonVannesa Renee Addy: Charged with furnish or possession of contraband in a prison Wali-Kasim Markkis Anderson: Inmate charged with furnish or possession of contraband in a prison Gerald Jerome Raymond Jr: Inmate charged with furnish or possession of contraband in a prison Ronnie Lynn McNeil: Inmate charged with furnish or possession of contraband in a prison Bradley Dean Whitesides Jr : Inmate charged with furnish or possession of contraband in a prison

The Cherokee County Sheriff's Office said investigators have uncovered a plot where detention center officers, inmates and a woman posing as a food delivery worker were able to get contraband inside a jail.

The investigation wrapped up on Wednesday.

Investigators said they discovered between Nov. 1 and Nov. 4 an inmate was able to persuade two detention officers to help him get contraband into the detention center.

They said the contraband included cigarettes, vapes and marijuana.

Investigators said the plot involved Vanessa Renee Addy who posed as a food delivery person and brought in bags of food with contraband hidden inside and gave it to the detention officers.

Investigators said those detention officers would then get the contraband to the inmate who would then deliver it to the housing units.

The investigation resulted in four already incarcerated inmates being charged, along with two detention officers who were immediately fired and arrested.

Addy, the delivery person, was also arrested and was booked into the detention center.

The detention officers were charged with furnishing contraband to an inmate.

The sheriff's office said they were both hired in January and were both working when they were arrested.

The sheriff's office provided the list of suspects and charges:

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