Detention Officer Goodwin Stuppard was arrested on August 9, 2022 accused of providing a cellphone and smuggling tobacco products to a inmate at the Mecklenburg County Jail in Charlotte, NC. Goodwin is a guard at the jail.
Authorities opened an investigation after receiving a tip alleging that Goodwin was smuggling illegal items into the jail to inmates.
During the investigation, Goodwin allegedly admitted to furnishing tobacco products as well as charging a cellular phone and giving it back to a inmate detained in the jail.
State law prohibits tobacco products on the premises of jails and it is a Class 1 misdemeanor for a person to give tobacco products to any person in the custody of a jail. Cellular phones are also illegal in a detention center; the law prohibits those in custody from possessing cellular phones.
After just 6 years on the job, Goodwin was fired on August 9, 2022 and arrested.
