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Cellmate Under Investigation For Homicide At Maryland Prison: State Police Cellmate Under Investigation For Homicide At Maryland Prison: State Police
Cellmate Under Investigation For Homicide At Maryland Prison: State Police An investigation has been launched after an inmate was found dead in the Jessup Correctional Institution in Maryland. Maryland State Police issued an alert on Sunday, May, 28, advising that Nicholas Joseph Delfosse, 27, a state prison inmate serving time for a burglary, was found dead inside the facility. Police say that an inmate has been identified as a suspect. He’s being held in a separate part of the prison and possible charges are pending. According to state police, on Saturday, May 27, investigators were notified about an inmate’s death inside the facility, and upon arrival found De…

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Inmates, Drones, Hospitals Used In Elaborate Contraband Smuggling Conspiracy At MD Prison: AG Inmates, Drones, Hospitals Used In Elaborate Contraband Smuggling Conspiracy At MD Prison: AG
Inmates, Drones, Hospitals Used In Elaborate Contraband Smuggling Conspiracy At MD Prison: AG More than a dozen people are facing charges for a trio of different prison contraband conspiracies that have plagued officials at the Roxbury Correctional Institution (RCI) in Hagerstown for months. On Thursday, May 25, Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown announced that 15 people have been charged in connection to several elaborate schemes that involved drones, hospitals, and even a staff member at the jail. Officials said that the investigation was launched in April last year after contraband was found smuggled into the facility after an inmate returned from a hospital visit. “The in…

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Massive Contraband Smuggling Operation At Maryland Prison Broken Up: AG Massive Contraband Smuggling Operation At Maryland Prison Broken Up: AG
Massive Contraband Smuggling Operation At Maryland Prison Broken Up: AG An elaborate smuggling conspiracy at the Jessup Correctional Institution that could have been taken from the pages of a movie script has been broken up, Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown announced. Eleven people have been indicted for a contraband conspiracy involving inmates, former inmates, prison staff, and family members who worked to sneak drugs and electronics into the Anne Arundel County facility. The extensive investigation was launched in April 2021, when officials found heroin, Suboxone, an Apple Watch, and data storage cards in the cell of inmates Gary Ward and Donte Tyler,…

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by Zak Failla
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Correctional Officers, Inmates, Sentenced In Jessup Max Security Smuggling Scheme Correctional Officers, Inmates, Sentenced In Jessup Max Security Smuggling Scheme
Correctional Officers, Inmates, Sentenced In Jessup Max Security Smuggling Scheme Looks like orange is the new black for over a dozen people sentenced in a federal racketeering conspiracy involving inmates and corrections officers at the Jessup Correctional Institution, officials say. The 15 co-conspirators ran a scheme where both inmates and outside facilitators bribed correctional officers to smuggle in contraband such as narcotics, cell phone, and alcohol into the maximum security prison, according to the Department of Justice. Among the sentenced are former Correctional Officer Dominique "Star" Booker, 45, who was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison followe…

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by Annie DeVoe