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Oct 26, 2024

More Durham detention center workers charged, weeks after two other arrests :: WRAL.com

The Durham County Sheriff’s Office said it disciplined a detention officer and a civilian contractor Friday night. According to Durham County Sheriff Clarence Burkhead, 45-year-old Nicole Locke, who

The Durham County Sheriff’s Office said it disciplined a detention officer and a civilian contractor Friday night.

According to Durham County Sheriff Clarence Burkhead, 45-year-old Nicole Locke, who was a sergeant at the detention center, was arrested Friday and charged with the following crimes.

Deputies said Locke was released on a $15,000 unsecured bond.

According to Locke’s arrest warrant, Locke provided components to a cell phone to an inmate in August.

While going through the arrest warrant, WRAL News discovered the inmate who received the cell phone was the same inmate accused of having sex with two former detention center workers.

Both of the former employees were charged and WRAL News is not publicly identifying the inmate.

The second person, 31-year-old Briana Bowie, a former nurse contracted with the detention center, was also arrested and charged with one count of felony conspiracy to sell Schedule VI controlled substance.

In Bowie’s arrest warrant, Bowie is accused of bringing marijuana into the detention center and giving it to an inmate. The warrants then said the inmate planned to sell the drugs inside the detention center.

The sheriff said neither Locke and Bowie are no longer associated with the detention center.

“I will not stand for any activity which contradicts our mission in the care and custody of the people who are confined to the Durham County Detention Facility. Be it a Sheriff’s Office employee or a contractor,” he said in a statement provided to WRAL News. “We must hold everyone who interacts with our residents to a high standard."