What to Know
- A Nassau County corrections officer with 11 months on the job was arrested after alleged contraband was found on him during a search when he arrived at the jail in East Meadow, according to the district attorney’s office.
- In that search, a Bible was seized, its pages coated with K2, which is a synthetic version of THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, prosecutors said. A cell phone was also seized, which is not allowed inside.
- It was not immediately clear what the officer, identified by prosecutors as Javel Welch, intended to do with the Bible, nor were the specific charges against him known. They are expected to be unsealed at an arraignment later on Thursday.
NEW YORK — It wasn’t a crime of biblical proportions, but it may have a Long Island man doing penance.
A Nassau County corrections officer with 11 months on the job was arrested after alleged contraband was found on him during a search when he arrived at the jail in East Meadow, according to the district attorney’s office.
In that search, a Bible was seized, its pages coated with K2, which is a synthetic version of THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, prosecutors said. A cell phone was also seized, which is not allowed inside.
It was not immediately clear what the officer, identified by prosecutors as Javel Welch, intended to do with the Bible, nor were the specific charges against him known. They are expected to be unsealed at an arraignment later on Thursday.
No information was immediately available on a possible attorney for Welch.
The Nassau County Sheriff’s Office had no immediate comment on the arrest.
Synthetic cannabinoids are a class of drugs commonly known as K2. K2 affects the same area of the brain as marijuana, but it contains lab-made chemicals sprayed on dried leaves. These chemicals are not derived from the cannabis plant.
In New York State, it is illegal to possess, sell, offer for sale, or manufacture synthetic cannabinoids.
