AUGUSTA, Ga. — A Richmond County deputy jailer has been arrested after an internal criminal investigation into alleged misconduct involving an inmate at the Charles B. Webster Detention Center.
According to the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office, detention staff discovered a brown fast-food bag containing food remnants inside an inmate’s cell on Sunday, June 28. The discovery was immediately reported to detention supervisors.
As part of the investigation, supervisors reviewed surveillance video, which allegedly showed Deputy Jailer Gwenedra Nelson carrying a brown paper bag and placing it into the inmate’s cell through the food flap…