Prison officer accused of selling cocaine
John Russell Lambert
Samuel Henry Crowe
A state correctional officer and another man are accused of selling cocaine to undercover Dorchester County deputies.
County sheriff's investigators charged John Russell Lambert, 28, of 105 Chalmers Court in Summerville, with distribution of cocaine and possession with intent to distribute cocaine.
Lambert, who was hired Jan. 8 to work at the Lieber Correctional Institution in Ridgeville, has been placed on administrative suspension without pay pending the outcome of the charges, said Josh Gelinas, public information officer for the Department of Corrections.
Dorchester sheriff's Capt. James Nettles said investigators also charged Samuel Henry Crowe, 29, of 101 Carmon St. in Summerville, with distribution of cocaine, possession of cocaine, simple possession of marijuana and resisting arrest.
Authorities said the department's Metro Narcotics Unit arrested the men May 5 after undercover agents bought cocaine from them.
They reported finding additional cocaine on Lambert while arresting him. Nettles said Crowe had to be subdued by arresting officers, who found cocaine and marijuana during the arrest.
Agents seized a total of 10.6 grams of cocaine and 3.7 grams of marijuana, Nettles said.
Crowe has multiple convictions on felony drug charges.
Gelinas said Crowe has not served time at Lieber.
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sardis12 (anonymous) says...
Looks like the arresting officers "subdued" Crowe pretty well...
May 14, 2009 at 1:09 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
nighteyes (anonymous) says...
shouldn't have resisted...
May 14, 2009 at 1:59 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
pirate42 (anonymous) says...
Da go figure. the inmates are getting drugs somehow, does not take a rocket scientist to figure out that some are dirty.. now let them feed on each other in a prison cell.
May 14, 2009 at 5:18 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
ms_lady2u (anonymous) says...
I'm so astounded!(Not)
May 14, 2009 at 7:32 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
mb300sl (anonymous) says...
What trash! I hate that our tax dollars will be spent to feed and house these worthless scumbags...
May 14, 2009 at 8:45 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
babeegurl (anonymous) says...
Hey you can tell the police really did a job on that crowe guy! Guess he'll think twice before resisting arrest!
May 14, 2009 at 10:03 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
eyfigueroa (anonymous) says...
Lambert is on admin leave WITHOUT pay for selling drugs, yet that fool Judy in on admin leave WITH pay after to ADMITTING to molesting a child.
Both are civil servants.
Why the discrepancy?!?!?!
Man I feel a case of Zoomoruitis coming on!
POUNDS FIST!
May 14, 2009 at 10:19 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
malthus (anonymous) says...
This just shows what happens when budgets are cut so thin. Compare the wages for corrections officers to that of other states. Many agencies keep their officers just at the poverty level. Make the salary match that of other states and there will be no room for dirty officers. This individual is a disgrace to every man or woman who ever put on a law enforcement uniform and there is no room in corrections for filth like him. These men and women do a job that few would want to do, many are assaulted or killed in the line of duty and get paid little. Many will never see the inmates that attack them pay for their crime as judges won't pass down stiff sentences. In fact there is no legal recourse for officers who have inmates expose their genitalia and masturbate in front of them. If that were to happen outside of prison or jail the perpetrator would be charged as a sex offender. The accused in this case gave in to the temptation of quick money, but I doubt he will be given the chance that other dope pushers do. Most dealers get a free walk to snitch out the next level up which is why the illegal drug trade will never be stopped.
May 14, 2009 at 10:27 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
coolfreaknbeans (anonymous) says...
What are the police gonna tell Crowe ? Nothing...they done told him twice. lmao (I couldnt resist)
May 14, 2009 at 10:30 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
yird (anonymous) says...
Just a couple more scumbag drug dealers off the street.
Now let's hope they get relocated to prison for a long time and don't get off with alleging police brutality or some such crap.
May 14, 2009 at 11:48 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
MISSINDEPENDENT (anonymous) says...
Your right about that sardis12.I thinking the samething!
May 14, 2009 at 11:57 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
KidYendor (anonymous) says...
We should legalize the sale of small amounts of cocaine on Fridays at selected pharmacies so that people will not have to go to state employees to purchase it. This will allow people to have the energy to do weekend housework after a long week at work and will keep the dealers and state employees off the streets.
May 14, 2009 at noon ( permalink | suggest removal )
nighteyes (anonymous) says...
Kid,
If that is what you want to happen in this country, you have some serious issues.
May 14, 2009 at 12:10 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
vmirat90 (anonymous) says...
that was tongue in cheek, night.
May 14, 2009 at 12:18 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
KidYendor (anonymous) says...
No not really vmirat. It is probably a good idea. Just on Fridays though. Sell small amounts of cocaine and marijuana and let people get their little weekend buzz and put the dealers out of business. Lessen jail overcrowding by not arresting nonviolent sniffers and smokers.
May 14, 2009 at 12:53 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
vmirat90 (anonymous) says...
I won't go quite as far as you will on that, Kid, but I do think they really either need to legalize drugs, or lighten the penalties for possession/personal use.
May 14, 2009 at 1:04 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
JustJennings (anonymous) says...
There are so many people in law enforcement who break the law that it is scary. I have filed a number of complaints about the police in Charleston, but nothing is ever done.
May 14, 2009 at 1:23 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
bluemoon (anonymous) says...
Wait until Lambert's new roommates catch wind of his chosen profession...
Johnny's getting a boyfriend!
May 14, 2009 at 1:51 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
LegalizeDrugs (anonymous) says...
Cocaine should be legal. Mexico just legalized possession of small amounts of all drugs. Switzerland just legalized heroin. Portugal decriminalized all drugs in 2001 and their experience has been positive. Now if you are caught with a 10 day supply of your drug or less you face an administrative court, not a criminal court, but in practice they are just not arresting people. A group of 10,000 very serious policemen, prosecutors, attorneys and citizens have formed a group to legalize ALL drugs, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (http://leap.cc ) They see what happened when we legalized alcohol in 1932 as a good example of how drug legalization would work. This foolish war on drugs has lasted 37 years and cost us over a TRILLION dollars and we are not an inch closer to stopping drugs. How many millions of Americans are we going to lock up in prison for decades? Mark Montgomery boboberg@nyc.rr.com
May 15, 2009 at 2:36 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
JustJennings (anonymous) says...
I say if drugs are going to be illegal, let's start mandatory testing for all public officials. It is about time to get the people who break the law out of Government.
May 15, 2009 at 11:34 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
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