AUGUSTA, Ga. — An attorney with the Public Defender’s Office in Augusta is facing a felony charge. Rodrequez Burnett was meeting with a client at the detention center in Augusta.
During the meeting, Burnett took a roll of toilet paper from a multipurpose room and gave it to the inmate, according to the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office.
The Sheriff’s Office says the inmate then removed the outer wrapper from the toilet paper and hid it in his clothes. Burnett returned the roll to the closet, according to investigators.
The inmate left the room and gave the wrapper to other inmates, according to a news release from the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office.
Inmates use the wrappers to roll and smoke tobacco or other substances. They are considered contraband, investigators say.
Burnett was arrested and charged with introducing prohibited items to an inmate which is a felony.
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