State Crime Reports

Corrections Officer And Three Inmates Among Seven Charged In Alleged Plot To Smuggle Contraband Into Cook County Jail

CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–October 21, 2014.  Nearly three ounces of marijuana was confiscated after it was found hidden inside two sandwiches that a Cook County corrections officer allegedly tried to smuggle into the Cook County Jail last year in exchange for a $200 bribe.  As a result of that seizure and an allegedly broader conspiracy, the corrections officer, three inmates, two civilians, and a Chicago police dispatcher are facing federal charges in connection with alleged smuggling of…

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