Florida crime tech arrested for stealing drugs from dead people

  • Florida crime tech had been stealing drugs of the deceased from evidence room
  • Christine Rollins was arrested and charged with drug trafficking and theft
  • The 41-year-old woman has also been fired from her job 

A Florida crime scene technician has been arrested for stealing drugs from the deceased.

Christine Rollins, 41, was arrested on Friday after an investigation showed that she had been stealing narcotics of dead people from the evidence building of the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office.

The woman has been charged with trafficking hydrocodone, trafficking oxycodone, petty theft, and possession of a controlled substance without a prescription, according to the sheriff’s office in a Facebook post.

The woman has been charged with stealing oxycodone and other drugs of the deceased from the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office’s evidence building in Florida

Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan has ordered that Rollins be fired from her job. 

Rollins appeared in video court at the Escambia County Courthouse on Monday, according to WEAR-TV. She will make her first court appearance on June 8.

She has worked at the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office for 13 years. 

Due to her affiliation with law enforcement, Rollin’s mugshot is not available to the public under Florida law.

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