Accused guard released after posting $50,000 bail
Humboldt Sentinel staff
7/10/09
The investigation and subsequent arrest last weekend of a guard accused of trafficking narcotics into his own lock-up came full circle this week, with the alleged dealer and buyer both arrested yesterday.
Taryn Nichole Mabe, 20 of Willow Creek, turned herself in at about 5:00 p.m. last night at the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office, where she was charged with conspiracy, conspiracy to bring a narcotic controlled substance into a correctional facility, conspiracy to bring contraband into a correctional facility, conspiracy to possess a narcotic controlled substance, and conspiracy to possess marijuana.
Her stay in the Humboldt County Correctional Facility was short-lived, however, as she immediately posted the $20,000 bail; Mabe’s arraignment is scheduled for July 22 at 1:30 p.m.
Also arrested was current inmate Ruben Anthony Peredia, who allegedly made use of the heroin, tobacco and marijuana shipped in to him by accused correctional officer Benjamin Jentry-Rakestraw. The inmate has been in the HCCF since March 1 when he was booked for the murder of Ezra Sanders, and will be arraigned on the drug charges on July 13.
According to HCSO public information officer Brenda Godsey, Peredia arranged for his girlfriend, Mabe, to drop off the drugs outside the jail, where Jentry-Rakestraw then picked it up and attempted to bring it in to deliver to Peredia.
No additional arrests are anticipated, according to the HCSO release.
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