Pubdate: Fri, 22 Nov 2002
Source: Fayetteville Observer-Times (NC)
Copyright: 2002 Fayetteville Observer-Times
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Author: James Locklear, Staff writer
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LUMBERTON CORRECTIONS OFFICER FACES DRUG CHARGES

LUMBERTON - A corrections officer was charged Thursday with drug offenses.

Robert Edward Woodell was arrested at the Lumberton Correctional Facility 
on Legend Road

Robeson County sheriff's Sgt. J.W. Jacobs said Woodell was charged after a 
four-month investigation regarding alleged drug sales at the prison.

Woodell was charged with possession with intent to sell and deliver 
marijuana, possession of controlled substances on the premises of a prison, 
possession of drug paraphernalia and maintaining a vehicle for storage of 
controlled substances.

Woodell is 26 and lives in the Saddletree community near Lumberton. He was 
jailed, and bail was set at $51,000.

Agents arrested Woodell about 3:45 a.m. They found about four ounces of 
marijuana in individual plastic bags in his car.

Emilio Pagan, superintendent at the prison, said Woodell has worked there 
since August 2000. He was a food service officer who supervised inmates in 
the kitchen. Pagan said Woodell no longer works for the state Department of 
Correction. He would not say whether Woodell was resigned or was fired.
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