Police: Guard Carried Vodka, Cocaine Into Jail
Detention Officer Placed On Paid Leave
Ripped off from www.ksat.comSAN ANTONIO -- A 19-year-old guard at the GEO Central Texas Detention Facility in San Antonio has been placed on paid leave following his arrest on drug and alcohol charges.
According to a San Antonio Police Department report, Manuel Castillo was arrested early Tuesday after he allegedly smuggled drugs and alcohol into the federal facility.
During Castillo's midnight break, he left in his vehicle and later returned to the facility at 218 South Laredo carrying a clear bottle filled with vodka, the report said. Police also found some cocaine concealed in a sock and some tobacco tucked inside his belt line.
Castillo, who was hired in July 2004, is the fourth detention officer arrested for allegedly bringing contraband into the facility in the past 2 ½ years.