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Felony charge for jail officer from W.H. just in case I have to do a hospital run” with an inmate, Welch said. A West Hempstead correcCheryl Bartow, a Mineola tion officer allegedly brought lawyer who represented Welch narcotics residue on the pages at his arraignment last week, of a Bible into the Nassau Coun- said investigators did not find ty Correctional Center in East dr ugs on Welch. “He was Meadow, where he worked, charged with drug residue, not according to the actual drugs recovcounty district ered,” Bartow said. attorney’s office. According rict Prosecutors said Attorney Anne Dont h a t 3 8 - ye a r- o l d nelly.’s office, no one J av e l S . We l c h — including staff — brought a cellphone is per mitted to and the Bible into bring a cellphone the jail. Welch was into the jail. arrested on March “In the wrong 29. A search of his hands, a cell phone vehicle alle gedly in jail can become a turned up a loaded tool for retribution, semi-automatic pisharassment, and tol in the unlocked ANNE DoNNElly violence,” Donnelly center console. Nassau County D.A. said in the release. Welch was Welch was arrestcharged with a feloed when he arrived ny and two misdemeanors. The for work at the jail. A trained felony promoting prison contra- dog detected residue of the synband charge carries a maxi- thetic drug K2 on pages in the mum sentence of up to seven Bible, according to the D.A. years in prison. Welch was scheduled to In court documents, Welch return to court on April 6. He said he didn’t know that he had been working as a probacould not bring his cellphone tionary correctional officer into the jail. The Bible, he said, since last April. The D.A.’s was a gift from his mother. office said that he was suspend“I keep my gun in my car, ed after his arrest.
By MARK NolAN mnolan@liherald.com
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cell phone in jail can become a tool for retribution, harassment, and violence.
Happy 100th Birthday to a remarkable matriarch Grace Rivkin, of Malverne celebrated her 100th birthday on March 29 with family and friends at Prince Umberto’s Italian restaurant in Franklin Square. The secret to Rivkin’s long and happy life? Story, more photos, Page 3.
Keith Rossein/Herald photos