A former Faulkner County jail officer was arrested and terminated Thursday on drug-related charges stemming from interactions with inmates, according to the sheriff’s office.
That employee, Luke Wimberly, 21, of Conway, was booked around 7 a.m. at the jail and immediately fired, sheriff's office spokesman Adam Bledsoe said in a statement. Wimberly had been an officer at the facility for just over two years.
Wimberly faces felony charges of furnishing prohibited articles and delivery of less than 2 grams of methamphetamine as well as a misdemeanor charge of abuse of an officer, the sheriff's office said.
Bledsoe said by phone that additional information regarding the ongoing investigation was not being released as of Thursday afternoon.
Wimberly was released from the Faulkner County jail on $12,850 bond at 9:35 a.m., records show. A first appearance in court had not been set at that time, according to the sheriff's office.