A lawyer visiting a client in jail was arrested after deputies determined his legal documents were laced with a powerful drug, according to investigators in North Florida.
The suspicious substance was identified as synthetic marijuana, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said in a Jan. 7 news release.
“Nathan Williams, a local criminal defense attorney, was arrested for smuggling drug-soaked papers (synthetic marijuana) into the Duval County Jail using his professional access,” the sheriff’s office said. “Investigators believe Williams coordinated with inmates and their families to smuggle drug-laced legal paperwork into the jail in exchange for money.”
The drug was identified as the Schedule 1 hallucinogenic ADB-PINACA, also known as ”K2,” or ”Paper Dope,” the sheriff’s office said.
Williams was arrested Jan. 5 and charged with:
• Two counts of giving drugs to an inmate
• Two counts of conspiracy to introduce controlled substances into the
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