Ex-jailer sentenced for smuggling, lying about military service

SUMMERVILLE, Ga. (WDEF) —  A former jailer has been sentenced after being caught bringing in contraband and lying about his military service.

Nicholas Grindle was caught smuggling drugs and contraband into the Hays Correctional Center where he worked.

Nicholas Matthew Grindle

Prosecutors say they found he had been taking bribes from inmates to bring in the meth and phones.

Grindle was also caught lying about his military service during a sentencing hearing.

He was deployed to Afghanistan.

But officials confirmed that the story he told of being stabbed by a Taliban fighter who he killed with his pistol was all made up.

Grindle received a sentence of eight plus years in federal court.