Shaqkera Graham, 26, has been charged with dealing in a narcotic drug, trafficking a controlled substance with an inmate, official misconduct and false informing.
An officer at the Indiana Department of Correction’s (IDOC) facility in Pendleton has been arrested and charged with numerous crimes, including sexual misconduct and trafficking with an inmate.
According to an affidavit for probable cause obtained by FOX59, police found drugs in an unsealed bottle that 26-year-old Shaqkera Graham of Indianapolis tried to bring into the facility before her shift on Thursday morning. The bottle — which appeared to contain a fruit punch-flavored sports drink — was identified during a routine screening.
K-9 Signaled Presence of Drugs in the Bottle During Screening of Employees, Officers Found Fentanyl, Meth Inside
Court records indicate that IDOC screens all its employees when they report for work in an effort to keep drugs out of the Pendleton facility. After they found the unsealed bottle, IDOC officers presented it to a K-9 that signaled the bottle contained drugs. Upon further testing of the bottle, officers learned that it contained fentanyl and methamphetamine.
Once IDOC officers determined the bottle had drugs in it, they brought Graham in for an interview.
