Post by COG on Jun 5, 2009 23:24:10 GMT -5
Prison guard arrested in state police smuggling sting
SUFFIELD, Conn. —
State police say a 43-year-old prison guard has been arrested in an undercover sting operation after allegedly agreeing to smuggle heroin and a cell phone into a Suffield prison.
State police say Connie Atkins, an East Hartford resident, met an undercover police officer who was pretending to be a drug connection, in Hartford on May 21.
State police say Atkins agreed to smuggle 28 grams of heroin and a cell phone to an inmate at MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution for $3,500.
Atkins has been released on $10,000 bond and is scheduled to returns to Hartford Superior Court on June 20.
A state police spokesman, said Tuesday that no other members of the correctional staff are suspected of involvement in the case.
source: www.norwichbulletin.com/news/x784972653/
SUFFIELD, Conn. —
State police say a 43-year-old prison guard has been arrested in an undercover sting operation after allegedly agreeing to smuggle heroin and a cell phone into a Suffield prison.
State police say Connie Atkins, an East Hartford resident, met an undercover police officer who was pretending to be a drug connection, in Hartford on May 21.
State police say Atkins agreed to smuggle 28 grams of heroin and a cell phone to an inmate at MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution for $3,500.
Atkins has been released on $10,000 bond and is scheduled to returns to Hartford Superior Court on June 20.
A state police spokesman, said Tuesday that no other members of the correctional staff are suspected of involvement in the case.
source: www.norwichbulletin.com/news/x784972653/