Marlboro Co. Detention Officer Detained After Phone Found In Jail

The detention officer was allegedly communicating with an inmate through the cell-phone.

A Marlboro County Detention officer was arrested and charged Thursday.

25-year-old Tashawnda Moore, was jailed after a cell-phone was found in the county jail during a routine search for contraband last month. It was discovered the officer knew that the phone was in the jail.

Moore was allegedly communicating with an inmate through the cell-phone.

Further details remain limited as an investigation is underway to reveal more.

Moore’s employment status is unknown but she is being held at the detention center awaiting a bond hearing.