Macon attorney tried to smuggle $48K worth of drugs into jail, assistant DA says
A Macon attorney allegedly attempted to smuggle $48,000 worth of drugs into the Bibb County Jail, according to a bond hearing on Friday.
Kevin Paul Bradley, 60, was accused of communicating with an incarcerated man housed at the Bibb County Jail, who was not his client, before dropping off an envelope containing synthetic marijuana, or K2. Assistant District Attorney Rachel Smith told Judge F. Gates Peed of the Ogeechee Judicial Circuit during Bradley’s bond hearing on Friday that the envelope contained 83 documents of evidence soiled with the substance.
A page soiled in K2 is worth $600 at the jail, meaning that the envelope contained $48,000 worth of K2, according to Smith.
“The defendant abused his position as a member of the bar to bypass jail security to bring K2 sheets, which were disguised as discovery,” Smith said.
She further claimed that it wasn’t the first time Bradley coordinated dropping off documents coated in synthetic marijuana. He allegedly “admitted to engaging in multiple drops,” which “shows a particular (knowledge of) obstruction of justice,” Smith said.
“By his own admission, at least one of the drops, he was paid $1,000 to drop off these folders,” Smith said.
John Carter, an attorney representing Bradley, said his client was unaware of the envelope containing soiled documents. Carter also argued that Bradley was cooperative with the investigation against him and was “not trying to obstruct anything.”
“He is 60 years old, has never been in trouble a day in his life,” Carter said.
He asked the judge to issue a $5,000 bond due to Bradley’s lack of a criminal record. He’s also not a flight risk, Carter said.
However, Peed denied Bradley bond.
Bradley had been incarcerated at the Bibb County Jail since Tuesday on charges of possession of a schedule one controlled substance with the intent to distribute and crossing state and county guard lines with drugs without consent.
Smith told the judge that Bradley may face more charges in this case.
