Mississippi lawyer Daniel Sidney Dale has been charged with making an attempt to deliver cell telephones, cigar wraps and different contraband right into a correctional facility whereas posing to be authorized counsel for prisoners.
Dale has been charged with two counts of conspiracy and three counts of introduction of contraband to a correctional facility, based on Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones.
“Attorney Dale, in a trusted position responsible for the constitutional rights of arrested suspects, jeopardized the safety and integrity of the Hinds County Detention Facilities and the public. This investigation is ongoing and more charges and/or arrests are possible,” Jones mentioned on WJTV.
The sheriff mentioned Dale pretended to be authorized counsel for inmates when he entered the ability, smuggling contraband to them a number of occasions.
Dale was found with contraband on Thursday, through which he was detained by authorities.
The sheriff’s division mentioned extra investigations can be held, and that extra arrests might be made.
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From a report final yr, at the very least 360 workers in Georgia’s state jail system had been arrested on accusations of smuggling contraband since 2018.
Practically 80% of these arrested have been girls, with nearly all of them being aged 30 or youthful.