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| Steven Urail Howard |
An Etowah County maintenance worker has been arrested on
charges he stole county property and helped a jail inmate obtain drugs.
57 year old Steven Urail Howard, of Boaz, is charged with one count of
first-degree theft of property and one count of second-degree promoting prison
contraband, both of which are felonies. He is currently being held in the
detention center on a $7,500 bond.
Howard allegedly confessed to assisting a county inmate, who
was under his supervision, get drugs on two occasions. According to the
sheriff's office, the first incident happened around a month ago when an inmate
bought Suboxone, a narcotic used in the treatment of opiate addiction, in the
parking lot of a local convenience store. The second incident involved the sale
of marijuana in the parking lot of an area discount store on Oct. 15, the same
day an inmate escaped work detail and fled in a county-owned truck.
Howard, according to the sheriff's office, also admitted to
stealing an old control panel worth approximately $3,500. The panel has since
been recovered.
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