By Jason Schreiber
Union Leader Correspondent
EAST KINGSTON — Rockingham County investigators say a drug addicted inmate trusty working at the East Kingston Police Department was left alone for several hours when he allegedly broke into an evidence room to steal heroin, busted into an officer’s personal locker containing his gun and other equipment and later drove a police cruiser.
The new details into the break-in that authorities say put the public, law enforcement, and others at risk were revealed this morning at a press conference with Rockingham County Sheriff Michael Downing, County Attorney James Reams and Deputy County Attorney Tom Reid.
The inmate, Jared Brisbois, is suspected of breaking into the police department on May 11 while he was supposed to be washing cruisers and doing other odd jobs as part of an inmate trusty program run by the Rockingham County jail.
Reams said Brisbois used heroin at the police department and smuggled drugs into the jail, prompting an investigation by the sheriff’s department.