A 23-year-old employee at the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center was arrested Thursday after officials found a “green plant like material” in her car.
Zaria Watson, a guard, was the fifth employee at the Richland County jail arrested this month. She is one of 14 arrested in the last year, according to past reporting. She was charged with furnishing contraband, the Richland County Sheriff’s Department announced Friday.
Investigators began an operation at the jail shortly after 8 p.m. on Thursday, when a sheriff’s office K-9 “hit” on Watson’s car in the employee parking lot. A search of the car turned up “green plant like material.” The sheriff’s department did not identify the substance.
Watson was employed at the jail through Allied Barton Security, officials said.
Watson was booked into the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center, according to the sheriff’s department. She was released on a $20,000 bond.
Several other Richland County jail employees were also recently charged with misconduct.