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Hudson Ex-Con Gets 3½ Years In Fed Pen For Contraband Drone Drops Into Fort Dix Prison Hudson Ex-Con Gets 3½ Years In Fed Pen For Contraband Drone Drops Into Fort Dix Prison
Hudson Ex-Con Gets 3½ Years In Fed Pen For Contraband Drone Drops Into Fort Dix Prison An ex-con from Hudson County is headed back to the big house for using drones to smuggle tobacco, phone chargers and other contraband into the federal prison at Fort Dix following his release. Jason “Juice” Arteaga-Loayza, 30, of Jersey City must serve out just about all of a plea-bargained 3½ years because there’s no parole in the federal prison system. Arteaga-Loayza and three other men had the smuggling operation going for several months before officers at Fort Dix spotted a drone with a dangling fishing line hovering above a housing unit, authorities said. The officers also found a cel…

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GOTCHA! JC Fugitive Wanted For Contraband Drone Drops Into Fort Dix Prison Captured In Vermont GOTCHA! JC Fugitive Wanted For Contraband Drone Drops Into Fort Dix Prison Captured In Vermont
Gotcha! JC Fugitive Wanted For Contraband Drone Drops Into Fort Dix Prison Captured In Vermont U.S. Marshals in Vermont captured a Jersey City fugitive wanted for smuggling tobacco, phone chargers and other contraband into the federal prison at Fort Dix using drones. Jason “Juice” Loayza, 29, was scheduled for a first federal court appearance appearance Wednesday in Burlington following his capture on Tuesday, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. The smuggling operation lasted several months before officers at Fort Dix spotted a drone with a dangling fishing line hovering above a housing unit, Carpenito said. They found the bolts removed to a rooftop hatch, along with an inmate with …

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