A New Amsterdam prison officer was yesterday released on $100,000 bail after she was charged with possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.
Sarafina Pitt, 29, a prison officer attached to the New Amsterdam Prison and of 51 Stanleytown, New Amsterdam, appeared at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court yesterday before Magistrate Renita Singh where she was charged with possession of a narcotic for the purpose of trafficking which occurred on December 30 at the New Amsterdam Prison, Penitentiary Walk, to wit 604 grams of cannabis.
She pleaded not guilty to the charge and was placed on $100,000 bail.