A search warrant revealed dozens of drugs and contraband inside Green Hill School, among other issues flagged by local officials in a letter to Gov. Jay Inslee
Search warrant uncovers drugs, contrabandLaw enforcement officers in Lewis County are pouring over evidence from over 100 felony cases, seized from an unlikely location., a bank of gym-style lockers were stuffed with evidence of crimes from years past committed inside the state’s maximum-security facility for juvenile offenders.
“We were wondering, 'OK, how much evidence is there and what is not being reported?'” said Centralia Police Chief Stacy Denham. With a lack of cooperation from Green Hill, law enforcement did something rare: JNET sought a search warrant to enter a government facility. Gov. Inslee and a DCYF spokesperson deny that Green Hill has not cooperated with local police, and they say a search warrant was not necessary.
The response came in a letter two months later, “…the Governor’s office is declining to refer this matter to the Attorney General’s Office for further investigation.” “JNET detectives will be working on…sixty-two cases in hopes of charges being filed,” a detective wrote in a report following the search. Many of the other cases were too old to prosecute, and one case against a then-17-year-old student caught with marijuana has already been declined by the prosecutor’s office because it occurred nearly three years ago.
“Screening of those people is incredibly important,” Denham said, pointing out that drugs could easily be hidden in a coffee cup.Employees are a concern to the police. In addition to being caught smuggling contraband into Green Hill, employees have been“While many employees at the Green Hill School are beyond reproach, an investigation will undoubtedly reveal compromised employees,” the May letter to Inslee stated.
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