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Published: June 18, 2009
Sheriff Sam Page relieved a Rockingham County detention officer from his duties on Thursday.
Detention Officer Gene Alan Setliff, 36, of 410 Stadium St. in Reidsville, was charged with possession of a controlled substance (oxycodone) on jail premises. His bond was set at $16,000 secured.
Setliff had been employed as a detention officer since Nov. 25, 2006.
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Dang Lady, you seem to know a whole lot more about this subject than is printed. Fill us in on the dirt.
I don’t feel sorry for the officer and I hope they make an example out of him. These officers need to realize that these inmates are not their friends. The moment the officer started dealing the inmate was probably rolling over on the officer making a deal. If the man was scared to be their and thought making friends with the inmates was going to keep his job or keep him safe he is wrong..obviously…if he was that worried about it then he should have resigned and tried to find something else. There is no shame in it…that job is not for everyone….it is a different world in a prison system and if anybody tells you different they are wrong.
So congratulations to the officer I hope you enjoy your stay in jail if the judge deams fit for you to serve a sentence…if the prison is what you feared, well, you are going to get a taste of it from another perspective. Was it worth it?
My first question is was he perscribed this particular medication granted he should not be carring it in general population. But it may have been nothing to it but a news media trying to boost sales. Shock reporting, thing is we will never hear the end of it if there was nothing to it
I am real surprise no one has made any smart a** comments concerning this incident.Perhaps this hits too close to home.
WOW!
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