OPELOUSAS (AP) — An Opelousas Police sergeant has been arrested, accused of distributing prescription pain medications to
inmates in the city jail.
Louisiana State Police, with help from the Opelousas Police Department, Friday arrested 51-year-old Sgt. Kenneth Edwards on
two counts each of distribution of narcotics, doctor shopping and introduction of contraband into a penal institution.
State police began investigating a complaint
from Chief Perry Gallow about Edwards last October. State police say
detectives
determined that Edwards obtained the same type of pain medication
from different area doctors then allegedly brought the narcotics
into the jail and distributed them to inmates on at least two
different occasions.
Edwards was booked into the St. Landry Parish jail. It was not immediately known whether bond had been set.