Lake was arrested on Monday morning at his home on Pond Island confirmed Public Prosecutor Barth Den Hartigh.
A press release from the Prosecutor's office states that on "Monday July 4th the "Landsrecherche" arrested a 46 year-old civil servant working at the Point Blanche prison, in relation to the disappearance of $ 1,232.00 in May 2011. This money belonged to an inmate, who was being released that day. The suspect has been taken in for questioning. He has given several statements, and has been released on Tuesday, July 5th. He remains a suspect in the investigation. The investigation into the embezzlement of the money continues. At this moment, in the interest of the investigation, we cannot give any further information," the press release concluded.
Roland Lake, a Prison Guard for some 23 years was once suspended some years ago when he was suspected of taking money from a prisoner whose name has been provided as Badadoo. Reliable sources said that Lake and another prisoner guard whose name has been given as "Scot" took $1000.00 from the prisoner to take women inside of the house of detention for the prisoner to have sex. According to the information provided to SMN News, Scot was relieved of his duties while Lake was re-instated. Lake was also working for a courier services while he was suspended when he claimed to have been robbed of a large sum of money. Details on the outcome of that case are still not known.