Self-described Legal Aid ‘lawyer’ busted smuggling weed into Rikers
A Legal Aid Society staffer trying to pass herself off as a lawyer was busted trying to smuggle weed and tobacco to a Rikers Island inmate accused of attempted murder, sources told The Post.as an “incoming staff attorney” for New York’s largest legal aid nonprofit, was arrested around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the jail while trying to visit detainee Shyanne Patterson, according to law-enforcement sources.Correction officers searched her belongings and uncovered bags of marijuana and tobacco.
During a media briefing Friday, Molina briefly paid tribute to “Colt,” the K-9 unit dog that helped apprehend King, calling him one of the agency’s “most diligent and furriest of employees.” King busted trying to smuggle weed and tobacco to a Rikers Island inmate accused of attempted murder.King’s LinkedIn page says she graduated from New York Law School last year and that she has a “passion for advocacy for underrepresented and low-income communities.”
A spokesperson for Legal Aid Society said, “Tatyana King is a valued member of the Legal Aid Society team and she has our unwavering support” but declined to address why she was at Rikers or whether she is a staff lawyer.
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