ALEXANDRIA, Va. (7News) — A fairly new deputy with the Alexandria Sheriff’s Office has been fired and is facing charges after being accused of trying to smuggle drugs into the city’s prison facility.
Authorities say Amarachukwu W. Igwe, who joined the agency in July 2025, was taken into custody on April 4 before any drugs reached inmates inside the Alexandria Adult Detention.
Investigators say Igwe tried to bring narcotics into the facility with the intent to give them to a prisoner…