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Ingrid Yearby: St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office corrections deputy arrested week after husband

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A St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office corrections deputy was arrested Thursday. This comes a week after her husband, aMartin County corrections officer, was arrested for allegedly selling cell phones to inmates.

Investigators say Ingrid Yearby arranged a bank scam to deposit $875,000 into her account. 

According to FDLE, Yearby texted with an inmate at Martin Correctional Institution who told her about access to a deceased person's account. 

Ingrid Yearby was booked into the Martin County Jail on $5,000 bail.