A Chattooga County woman who had just been hired by the sheriff’s office as a deputy, but was in the process of being terminated, has been arrested on a drug charge.
Carrie Brown, of Lyerly, Ga., was arrested Friday evening when sheriff’s deputies caught her and her boyfriend Bobby Sumner bringing marijuana to another man’s house to sell to him, Sheriff John Everett said.
Brown and Sumner were charged with possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute, Everett said.
While Brown was hired by the sheriff’s office, she hadn’t started work, Everett said. Before she was arrested, the sheriff said, he found out that Brown and her two children were living with a convicted felon. Everett said he was in the process of terminating her position when she was arrested.
It’s not illegal for Brown to be living with a convicted felon, but the sheriff said he wouldn’t have anyone working for him who made that decision.