GAFFNEY, SC (FOX Carolina) – Cherokee County Sheriff Steve Mueller said five additional suspects have been charged after a <a href=”https://www.foxcarolina.com/news/sheriff-5-more-suspects-charged-after-detention-officer-was-fired-arrested-for-bring-contraband-into/article_a7630008-1162-11eb-8cd7-070ea6174bc3.html” target=”_blank”>detention officer</a> was fired and arrested for bringing contraband into the detention center.

Sheriff Mueller said investigators unraveled a plot of two current inmates, Eric Preston Blanton and Dewayne