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Yadkin Co. detention officer charged with helping to smuggle narcotics into jail after forming relationship with inmate Investigators said Wendy Kaye Nelson, a nighttime detention officer, was involved in an inappropriate personal relationship with an inmate. Author: Carrie Hodgin (WFMY News 2 Digital) Published: 6:53 PM EDT May 3, 2021 Updated: 6:58 PM EDT May 3, 2021 YADKIN COUNTY, N.C. — A Yadkin County detention officer was involved with helping to smuggle narcotics into the jail, according to the Yadkin County Sheriff’s Office. Investig...

Yarboro Eleven people, including a detention officer at the Yadkin County Jail, are facing charges after authorities discovered that narcotics were being smuggled into the jail. According to a press release from the Yadkin County Sheriff’s Office, items containing illegal narcotics were being mailed through the United States Postal Service into the Yadkin County Detention Center. Yadkin County Sheriff Ricky Oliver said he considered this a very serious situation and that there was a no tolerance policy for such actions by detention staff. “It’s not just about keeping the drugs out of th...

A nighttime officer at the Yadkin County Detention Center has been arrested and charged along with 10 other people in connection with what the Yadkin County Sheriff’s Office called drug-smuggling operations that brought illegal narcotics into the county jail. Investigators said Wendy Kaye Nelson, the nighttime detention officer, developed what the news release about the arrests called an “inappropriate personal relationship” with inmate Christopher Cody Caudill. The sheriff’s office said the investigation revealed that Nelson was helping two other people, Edgar Owen Strick...