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midwestbluntman
11-23-2005, 05:31 AM
CORRECTIONS OFFICER JAILED IN POT-SMUGGLING INCIDENT
(Source:Watertown Daily Times)
Regional News


New York
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MALONE - State police Sunday arrested Lila C. Simmons, 33, Queens, a downstate corrections officer, when she allegedly tried to smuggle 55 grams of marijuana into Upstate correctional Facility.

Police said Ms. Simmons secreted the marijuana on her body with the intent of passing it to an inmate.

State Department of Correctional Services personal spotted the alleged infraction and called in police. Ms. Simmons faces charges of fifth-degree criminal possession of marijuana, fifth-degree conspiracy, official misconduct and first degree promoting prison contraband.

She is employed as a corrections officer at the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, Westchester County.

She was arraigned in Town of Malone Court by Justice John Marsden and was sent to the Franklin County Jail with bail set at $15,000 cash or $30,000 bond.