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Youth Detention Worker Smuggled Cellphones, Pot Vape Pens Into Harborfields Center: Prosecutor Youth Detention Worker Smuggled Cellphones, Pot Vape Pens Into Harborfields Center: Prosecutor
Youth Detention Worker Smuggled Cellphones, Pot Vape Pens Into Harborfields Center: Prosecutor A 30-year-old youth detention center worker has been indicted for smuggling items including cellphones and marijuana vape pens into a detention facility in South Jersey, authorities said. Marc J. Snead, of Vineland, was indicted for official misconduct on Wednesday, Nov. 8, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office. He is accused of bringing contraband items into the Harborfields Youth Detention Center in Egg Harbor City where Snead was employed as a Youth Services Worker. The investigation revealed that Snead provided juvenile residents with marijuana “vape” pens…

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Prosecutor: NJ Corrections Officer Smuggled Drugs, Cellphones Into Atlantic County Jail Prosecutor: NJ Corrections Officer Smuggled Drugs, Cellphones Into Atlantic County Jail
Prosecutor: NJ Corrections Officer Smuggled Drugs, Cellphones Into Atlantic County Jail A 25-year-old state corrections officer from South Jersey smuggled contraband into the Atlantic County Justice Facility, authorities said. Luis A. Mercado of Galloway Township was charged with second-degree official misconduct after a joint investigation with Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents and the jail facility in Mays Landing, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner said. Mercado allegedly used his job as a correctional police officer to smuggle contraband -- including drugs and cellphones --."to further a criminal organization," Tyner said on Friday. Mercado is suspe…

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