County Jail Employee Arrested on Drug, Shoplifting Charges
A Sheriff’s Department corrections counselor has been arrested on drug and shoplifting charges, a San Diego police spokesman said Tuesday.
Judith Christine Schaefer, 38, of Mission Valley, was booked into the Las Colinas women’s jail early Saturday on charges of possession of a controlled substance, being under the influence of a controlled substance and petty theft, spokesman Bill Robinson said.
Tom Reed, a Sheriff’s Department personnel section supervisor, confirmed that Schaefer is a counselor at the El Cajon jail, where she reportedly had the authority to assign inmates to various facilities throughout the jail system.
Sgt. Jim Cooke, a Sheriff’s Department spokesman, refused to comment on the arrest.
Schaefer was arrested at 1:30 a.m. Saturday at the Advantage store on Balboa Avenue, Robinson said. The arresting officer allegedly recovered $128 in merchandise, less than an ounce of marijuana, and three packets of an unidentified white powdery substance from Schaefer, Robinson said.
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