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A top official at Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center, the large Richland County, S.C. jail, has been arrested as part of a monthslong investigation into a sweeping alleged cover-up of more than 60 crimes involving inmates and guards at the jail, Sheriff Leon Lott announced Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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James Lipscomb, 66, one of two top officials at the jail, was charged with obstruction of justice and has been booked as an inmate into the same jail where he once held sway as the facility\u2019s highest ranking managers, Lott told reporters at a press conference at his office\u2019s headquarters on Two Notch Road.<\/p>\n

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Lipscomb was the director of compliance and safety at the jail when the crimes occurred.<\/p>\n

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Two incidents in early April at the jail led to the discovery that numerous crimes at the jail were being kept secret by jail officials, Lott said.<\/p>\n

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On April 7, an inmate named Keith Bagley died and was taken to the hospital, Lott said. The Richland County coroner\u2019s office, which was late in being notified, ruled the cause of death were the toxic effects of synthetic cannabinoids, known as K2 Spice.<\/p>\n

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Since drugs aren\u2019t allowed at the jail, the death was a crime and the inmate\u2019s cell was a crime scene, Lott said. But the sheriff\u2019s office \u2014 which is supposed to investigate potential crimes at the jail \u2014 was never notified.<\/p>\n

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\u201cLipscomb gave a directive to a jail staff member not to report the inmate death to the sheriff\u2019s office. This directive was not only in violation of Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center policy, it was an obstruction to the death investigation and allowed for crucial evidence to be destroyed,\u201d Lott said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe crime scene disappeared. We were not notified,\u201d said Lott. \u201cThat\u2019s obstruction.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Another case involved the sexual assault of a female inmate in the jail, Lott said. Although the woman notified jail staff of the assault when it occurred, the sheriff\u2019s department was not notified. The department only found out about it when the woman was released from jail and checked with sheriff\u2019s investigators, only to find out they didn\u2019t know about it.<\/p>\n

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The sexual assault case and the drug overdose case led sheriff\u2019s department investigators to find out about 62 other cases involving drugs and assaults that weren\u2019t previously turned over to the department, Lott said. The cases date back to last December.<\/p>\n

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So far, sheriff\u2019s deputies have arrested seven jail guards and 17 inmates for committing alleged crimes with the jail, Lott said.<\/p>\n

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Investigators have been helped by law-abiding staff at the jail, Lott said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThere are good people down there who want to do the right thing,\u201d Lott said.<\/p>\n

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This is a breaking news story and will be updated.<\/i><\/p>\n

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