MADISONVILLE-A Monroe County jailer who was fired after he allegedly brought tobacco and methamphetamine to inmates at the jail had two charges against him dropped after he pleaded to a third in Monroe County General Sessions Court.

Thomas Matthew Grande, 44, no address available, was fired on April 10 after Detective Doug Brannon filed warrants saying he would bring meth into the jail by concealing it in tobacco products and pass it along to inmates in the jail

Monroe County Sheriff's Office Detective and Public Information Officer Jennifer Bledsoe said the incident was looked into on April 10 and by the end of the day, Grande had been fired and arrested.

See full story in the Sunday, June 24, edition of The Advocate & Democrat.