Report: Jailed teens given K2-filled vape pen by employee before being hospitalized in TN

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – A juvenile detention center employee is being accused of supplying juvenile inmates with a K2-filled vape pen before they were hospitalized in Nashville in April, according to an arrest affidavit.

Police said that five juveniles involved were incarcerated at the Nashville Juvenile Detention Center. Joey Guilds, 49, was an employee at the jail at the time.

The affidavit states that on April 24, all five of the victims were taken to a local hospital due to a severe illness after allegedly using a vape pen containing K2 spice, which is a synthetic designer drug intended to mimic THC, according to the DEA. The pen was found on one of the victims…

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