TULSA, Okla. — The Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office arrested a former Tulsa County Jail detention officer on Thursday, after she allegedly helped bring cell phones and drugs into the David L. Moss Criminal Justice Center in downtown Tulsa.
According to court documents, Velvet Robinson was allegedly paid by prisoners to bring in cell phones, meth, and marijuana into the jail between May 3rd and Aug. 16th. Court documents state she was paid at least one thousand dollars for her role in at least one of the transactions.
The investigation that would point to Robinson, documents state, began when meth was found in a rubber glove inside an inmate’s cell on July 25th. An inmate took ownership of the glove, and he agreed to cooperate with an investigation into how drugs were entering the Tulsa County Jail. He, documents state, pointed the finger at Robinson as the person sneaking in drugs and cell phones. Robinson was working as a detention officer in direct contact with numerous inmates at the time.
Investigators say that Robinson would coordinate package pick ups for two inmates in the Tulsa County Jail, at least one of which has connections to a local white supremacist gang. The gang would give Robinson drugs, and she would allegedly conceal them in multiple ways and bring them to the gang member currently incarcerated who would distribute the contraband to other inmates.
Robinson told investigators, the criminal complaint against her states, that for her initial delivery of a cell phone to an inmate so the gang could communicate, she was paid $1,000. Other transactions also allegedly came with financial rewards for Robinson.
FOX23 reached out to the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office for comment, but we were told because Robinson is a former employee, they can no longer comment on the incident. Robinson was terminated on Aug. 16th, but she was arrested on formal charges Thursday.