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USP Big Sandy: Baltimore woman accused of smuggling ‘wax weed’ to inmate
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN DEBORD — Authorities arrested a Baltimore woman after she allegedly attempted to smuggle balloons filled with “wax weed” to an inmate at the United States Penitentiary (USP) Big Sandy in Martin County. On May 4, Kentucky State Police responded to a complaint from USP Big Sandy staff, who had detained
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Virginia woman indicted for allegedly smuggling drugs into federal prison in Kentucky
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ, Ky. — A 63-year-old Virginia woman is facing criminal charges after her indictment Thursday in Martin County for allegedly smuggling drugs into the U.S. Penitentiary Big Sandy in Debord. The grand jury charged Irene A. Looney of Pounding Mill, Virginia, with second-degree trafficking in a controlled substance (over 20
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Drone carrying contraband intercepted near federal prison; one arrest made
BY RACHEL DOVE MOUNTAIN CITIZEN VAN LEAR — A significant police operation unfolded in Stoney Brook Estates on New Route 3 Thursday morning. Residents awakened to a large police presence as law enforcement swooped in to intercept a drone transporting a substantial quantity of contraband. According to a Johnson County Sheriff’s Department representative, the cargo
