A Woodbury man was fired from his job as a St. Paul police community engagement specialist Tuesday after charges say law enforcement recovered nearly 10 pounds of methamphetamine and other drugs from his home.
Jamond Leroy Glass (Courtesy of the Washington County Sheriff’s Office)
Jamond Leroy Glass was arrested Friday after a package with drugs was intercepted by police at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and delivered to his town house, according to a criminal complaint filed Monday in Washington County District Court charging the 34-year-old with first-degree possession of more than 50 grams of methamphetamine.
St. Paul police hired Glass into the non-sworn, paid job on March 10, according to a department spokesman. Glass was put on leave on Saturday and fired Tuesday.
Glass was one of four such specialists, who work full time and “provide a critical service by working as a liaison between the community and department,” the city’s website says.
According to the complaint, Washington County sheriff’s detectives were contacted Friday by airport police who had intercepted a package containing a large amount of suspected meth. It field-tested positive for the drug.
The package was addressed to “Kay Wilson” at a Cobble Hill Court townhome in Woodbury.
Deputies conducted a controlled delivery of the package, while maintaining surveillance, until it was grabbed by Glass, who brought it into the townhome, the complaint says.
Deputies executed a search warrant on the town house and found in the master bedroom 9.8 pounds of meth, 1.68 pounds of fentanyl and 10 1⁄2 grams of cocaine. Also in the room were two handguns and loaded magazines.
Glass went before a judge on Monday and was released from jail the same day after posting a $50,000 bond. An attorney for Glass, who is due back in court Dec. 1, is not listed in the court file.
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Mayor Melvin Carter addressed the allegations against Glass on Tuesday following a news conference at the State Capitol with other mayors in which they urged lawmakers to take legislative action on gun violence prevention.
“The allegations are really concerning, and if proven true, really, really disappointing,” Carter said. “We have a responsibility to care for folks, and that’s the work that we do. Obviously, you have folks in any system, in any employment system, in any line of work, who slip through the cracks and are able to get into spaces that they really shouldn’t be. And, like I said, if these allegations end up being proven true, this will feel like one of those instances.”
Mara H. Gottfried contributed to this report.
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