A DeKalb County grand jury has indicted a former sheriff\u2019s deputy and an inmate on charges tied to alleged corruption and criminal activity within the DeKalb County Jail. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Just the Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Joann Marks, Former Deputy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Marks, 27, faces charges including sexual contact by an employee or agent in the first degree, two counts of violation of oath by a public officer, and items prohibited for possession by inmates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 In April, jail staff discovered contraband in an inmate\u2019s cell, prompting an investigation. Marks admitted to providing a cellphone and cigarettes to the inmate and engaging in sexual contact with him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Marks was arrested and dismissed from her position on the same day the Sheriff\u2019s Office uncovered her actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Marks surrendered to authorities and is scheduled for arraignment on December 23. Her case will be prosecuted by the District Attorney\u2019s Anti-Corruption Unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Tobias Woods, Inmate<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Woods, 45, has been charged with felony murder, two counts of distributing controlled substances, and possession of items prohibited for inmates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 The charges stem from the March fentanyl overdose death of inmate Christon Collins, 27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Surveillance footage reportedly showed Woods selling fentanyl to Collins and actively hindering efforts to get medical aid for him. Collins was found unresponsive hours after the overdose and later died in the hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Woods was apprehended by the DeKalb County Sheriff\u2019s Office Fugitive Unit and awaits arraignment. His case will be handled by the District Attorney\u2019s Major Crimes Division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In Context:<\/strong> The indictments follow increased scrutiny on jailhouse safety and corruption across Georgia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur investigation into the death of Christon Collins and how those deadly drugs got into the jail is still open and active,\u201d Boston said. \u201cCrimes that happen inside the jail will not be ignored just because the people impacted are behind bars.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n What\u2019s Next:<\/strong> Marks and Woods will face arraignment as investigations continue. Officials are still probing how fentanyl entered the jail, signaling the possibility of further indictments or institutional reforms.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A DeKalb County grand jury has indicted a former sheriff\u2019s deputy and an inmate on charges tied to alleged corruption and criminal activity within the DeKalb County Jail. Just the Facts: \u2022 Joann Marks, Former Deputy \u2022 Marks, 27, faces charges including sexual contact by an employee or agent in the first degree, two counts […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":948,"featured_media":38599,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[11974],"class_list":["post-210832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-dekalb-county-jail","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/948"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=210832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=210832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=210832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=210832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}