The St. Tammany Sheriff’s Office has arrested a former employee after it was learned she was helping bring illegal narcotics into the St. Tammany Parish Correctional Center.
As part of routine security measures, a jail employee was checking mail leaving the correctional center, when suspicious correspondence was discovered and Jail Investigators and detectives with the STPSO Major Crimes Unit were contacted to begin an investigation.
That investigation uncovered another jail employee, Breanna Sparrow, was assisting individuals inside and outside the facility to facilitate bringing illegal narcotics into the jail.
Sparrow (DOB 9/2/1999) was immediately fired and arrested Friday afternoon on three counts of Malfeasance, three counts of Introduction of Contraband into a Penal Institution, One count of Possession with Intent to Distribute Schedule III CDS, and One count of Illegal Possession of a Firearm in the Presence of a CDS. She was booked into the St. Tammany Parish Correctional Center.
Sparrow had been employed with the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office since August 30, 2022.
