Grand Jury Indicts Twenty-Four People In Fayette County

(WPXI) – A grand jury has indicted nearly 30 people associated with the Fayette County government and jail in what is being called Operation Clean Sweep. The investigation uncovered a drug deal ring and contraband operation in and outside the Fayette County Jail, Fayette County District Attorney Rich Bower announced during a news conference Thursday. “We never had any clue how deep the corruption was that we were going to find,” Bower said, of the investigation that ultimately resulted in two federal investigations. The 30 indictments include nine inmates; four corrections officers; a deputy warden; a law clerk and an assistant to the court administrator. The inmates were helping to move in synthetic drugs, according to Bower. The investigation started in November of 2019. Bower had heard rumors of corruption and went to county commissioners to ask for the grand jury to become involved, he said during the news conference Thursday.