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Danbury, CT
News
FCI Danbury Employee Sentenced For Smuggling Phones Into Prison
A former employee at the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury will avoid time behind bars after being busted bringing phones inside the prison. Eric Williams, 38, of Danbury, was sentenced to two years of probation and must complete 100 hours of community service after pleading guilty to providing contraband in prison over the summer. On July 9, 2017, Williams - who worked in the Food Service Department at FCI Danbury - attempted to smuggle four mobile phones and an electric beard trimmer into the prison by hiding the items in the hat as he entered the staff entrance," U.S. Attorney …
Danbury, CT
News
FCI Danbury Inmate Admits To Possessing Weapons
An inmate at a Fairfield County prison admitted to possessing weapons while in custody. Julian De Jesus Castillo, 35, pleaded guilty on Wednesday, Sept. 25 in Hartford federal court to possession of contraband in a federal prison after he was busted with weapons in February last year. On Feb. 8 last year, Castillo, who is an inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury, was caught with a razor blade and a 7.5-inch piece of flat metal that had sharpened edges and a point on one end. U.S. Attorney John Durham said that the razor blade was found taped to the underside of Castillo…
Danbury, CT
News
Federal Employee From Danbury Admits To Smuggling Phones, Contraband Into Prison
A former employee at the Federal Correctional Institute in Danbury has admitted to smuggling mobile phones and contraband into the prison after being busted by a supervisor. Eric Williams, 38, of Danbury, pleaded guilty in Bridgeport federal court to one count of providing contraband in prison after he was caught trying to sneak it inside FCI Danbury inside his hat. On July 9, 2017, Williams - who worked in the Food Service Department at FCI Danbury - attempted to smuggle four mobile phones and an electric beard trimmer into the prison by hiding the items in the hat as he entered the staff …
Armonk, NY
News
Former Bedford Hills Corrections Officer Sentenced For Sexual Act, Trafficking Contraband
A former correction officer at a women’s prison in Westchester will spend time behind bars after pleading guilty to committing a sexual act trafficking contraband to inmates. Iran Colon, 32, an officer who was based at the Taconic Correctional Facility in Bedford Hills pleaded guilty late last year to promoting prison contraband and criminal sexual act, both felonies, after being arrested in his Staten Island home in May. On Tuesday, July 2, Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr., announced that Colon has been sentenced to a term of between one and three years in state p…
White Plains, NY
News
Westchester County Jail Inmate Sentenced For Assaulting Corrections Officer
An inmate at the Westchester County Jail has been sentenced to a state prison term after being convicted of assaulting a corrections officer earlier this year. Yonkers resident Paul Overton, 36, has been sentenced to a term of five years in prison, followed by five years of post-release supervision after being found guilty by a jury of assaulting a corrections officer, Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr. announced. According to Scarpino, on July 19 last year, Overton assaulted the correction officer at the jail. After failing to comply with orders from other guards, O…
Newburgh, NY
Police & Fire
Wallkill Correction Officer Caught Trying To Bring K2 Into Prison, Police Say
A state corrections officer has resigned after he was allegedly nabbed for attempting to bring synthetic marijuana or "K2" into a prison where he was employed. Travon Webb, 30, of Ellenville, was arrested on Monday, Feb. 25, after it was discovered during a search of employees entering the Wall Kill Correctional Facility that he was attempting to bring in some 64 grams of K2, said New York State Police Trooper Steven Nevel. An additional search of Webb's personal vehicle yielded another 137 grams of the drug. At the time of his arrest, Webb was employed as a corrections offic…
Mount Pleasant, NY
News
Westchester Woman Accused Of Trying To Bring Drugs Into Prison
A 23-year-old woman from Westchester is facing charges for allegedly attempting to bring synthetic marijuana into a state prison, police said. Yonkers resident Jazmine Harden was arrested on Saturday, Feb. 16 at the Gouverneur Correctional Facility in upstate New York when she was busted attempting to bring drugs into the facility. Police said that a Department of Corrections and Community Supervision canine alerted officers to a bag Harden brought into the prison, which contained an unspecified amount of synthetic marijuana. Harden was arrested and charged with introducing prison contraba…
Yonkers, NY
Police & Fire
Westchester County Jail Inmate Convicted Of Assaulting Corrections Officer
An inmate at the Westchester County Jail is facing nearly a decade in state prison after being convicted of assaulting a corrections officer. Yonkers resident Paul Overton, 36, has been convicted of second-degree assault after attacking a Westchester County Correction Officer in the county jail, Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr. announced on Tuesday. According to Scarpino, on July 19 last year, Overton assaulted the correction officer at the jail. After failing to comply with orders from other guards, Overton “intentionally caused injury to the officer by punching,…
Poughkeepsie, NY
Police & Fire
Police: Teen Tried Smuggling Scalpels Into Downstate Correctional Facility
A teenager is herself now behind bars after attempting to smuggle scalpels into the Downstate Correctional Facility in Fishkill. New York State Police troopers arrested 19-year-old Bronx resident Charisma Gonzalez on the Fourth of July following an investigation that determined she was in possession of a pair of scalpel blades when she entered the prison. It is further alleged that she was planning to provide them to an inmate. Gonzalez was arrested at the prison and charged with a felony count of promoting prison contraband. She was remanded to Dutchess County Jail in lieu of bail and is d…
Poughkeepsie, NY
Police & Fire
Pine Plains Man Nabbed Passing Drugs To Inmate At Dutchess County Jail
A Pine Plains man was busted for passing drugs to an inmate at the Dutchess County Jail, according to the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office. Matthew S. Moore, 34, was visiting Jeremy M. Craft, 28, of Hyde Park when he was caught passing a controlled substance during the visit, said Capt. John Watterson. Moore was charged with promoting prison contraband and criminal sale of a controlled substance. Craft was charged with promoting prison contraband and criminal possession of a controlled substance, Watterson said. .After being processed Moore was arraigned before the City of Poughkeepsie Cou…
Mount Pleasant, NY
Police & Fire
Northern Westchester Man Caught With 'Improvised Weapon' While In Prison
An inmate from Northern Westchester at the Fishkill Correctional Facility is facing a new felony charge after being caught by corrections officers with an alleged illegal weapon. A law enforcement investigation into an incident that took place on Dec. 15 last year found that Cortlandt resident Alexander Welch-Vanzile, 22, allegedly was in possession of an improvised weapon made from a sharpened piece of metal while he was incarcerated at the facility. Welch-Vanzile was arrested and charged with a felony count of first-degree promoting prison contraband. Following arraignment in the Town of …
Poughkeepsie, NY
Police & Fire
Inmate Caught With Weapon At Downstate Correctional Facility, Police Say
An inmate at the Downstate Correctional Facility in Fishkill is facing new charges after being busted with an alleged weapon while he was incarcerated. On Monday, New York State Police investigators announced that on April 18, troopers arrested Brooklyn resident John Hayes following an investigation, that determined that on June 5 last year, Hayes was allegedly in possession of an “improvised weapon” while he was an inmate. Hayes was charged with a felony count of first-degree promoting prison contraband and arraigned in the Town of Fishkill Court. Following arraignment, Hayes remains reman…
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