By New York Post (U.S.) | Created at 2025-01-08 18:22:26 | Updated at 2025-01-09 08:44:18
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Now he’s gonna need a good lawyer.
A Florida defense lawyer was busted for allegedly smuggling legal documents soaked in the wild synthetic marijuana known as K2 into jail so inmates could get stoned, officials said.
Nathan Williams, 37, gave the jailbirds docs doused in the mind-bending street drug — also known as “spice” and “paper dope” — at Duval County Jail in Jacksonville in exchange for money and bribes, according to local cops.
The attorney is accused of working with the inmates and their family members to bring the substance, which has caused a rash of dangerous overdoses, behind bars so it could “be abused by the inmates,” Undersheriff Shawn Coarsey said at a press conference Tuesday.
Williams’ arrest was part of a larger investigation — dubbed “Operation Stamp Collection” — launched in February 2024 after 23 inmates overdosed the prior year, Coarsey said.
The office has arrested 21 people including Williams, who is a 16-year member of the National Guard, Coarsey said. The suspects were not working together.
Since the probe, inmate overdoses in the area have dropped 61% in 2024, the undersheriff said.
Coarsey said the investigation is ongoing and he expects more arrests to be made.
Williams was cuffed Sunday night and was charged with eight felonies, including giving drugs to inmates, bringing drugs into jail and unlawful use of communication devices.
Williams posted bond and was released Tuesday. He’s due back in court on Jan. 28, according to a report by Law & Crime.
Williams didn’t immediately return a request seeking comment Wednesday morning.
It was not immediately known who his lawyer is.
