A corrections officer and live-in boyfriend are arrested on fentanyl trafficking charges
A Miami-Dade Corrections officer and her boyfriend were arrested in Hollywood Thursday on a charge of trafficking fentanyl.
The exact charge hanging over 33-year-old Hollywood resident Adina Spry is trafficking more than 28 grams of fentanyl. According to the DEA’s street value measurement in this bust, this accuses Spry of moving at least $25,200 worth of fentanyl. She remains in jail with $100,000 bond.
Spry’s boyfriend, 35-year-old Marcus Wright faces the same charges in addition to three counts of delivering heroin within 1,000 feet of a school (Hollywood Park Elementary School), fraud by using a scanning device, owning or renting a building known for trafficking drugs and cocaine possession. Wright remains in jail on $525,600 bond.
“We are saddened that the actions of one employee could tarnish the good work of the proud men and women of MDCR who dedicate their lives to ensuring the safety of the public,” Miami-Dade Corrections spokesman Juan Diasgranados said in a statement. “MDCR takes allegations of employee misconduct seriously and this arrest should send a strong message that employees involved in these types of crimes will not be tolerated and will be pursued to the fullest extent of the law. MDCR will continue to cooperate with the Hollywood Police Department regarding this incident.”
The probable cause affidavit described an undercover operation that got turned on to Wright, aka “Pop,” by a confidential informant.
“Wright was said to be distributing large amounts of heroin mixed with fentanyl on the west side” of Hollywood, the affidavit reads.
Cops say they began using confidential informants to string together buys of eight, 12 and five small bags of the heroin/fentanyl mix from Wright. When they strode into 700 N. 71st Ave. with a search warrant Thursday morning at 10:30, Wright ran into the back bedroom, where Spry lay.
The affidavit claims Wright listened to his right to remain silent, then blurted out, “I am f-----, man. I know what’s up.”
Spry, meanwhile, the affidavit said, “at no time looked or acted like she was concerned about the incident.”
A search of the apartment found 65.6 grams of suspected fentanyl, a gram of suspected cocaine, 1.5 grams of suspected methamphetamine, a digital scale, a credit card skimmer, a .380 Ruger handgun and $4,950 cash.
Cops say Spry admitted she’d been with Wright for a year and that he didn’t work, “but she does not know anything about him selling drugs.”
This story was originally published March 8, 2019 at 10:46 AM.
