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How Convicts Dial M for Murder
By abcnews.go.com
Published: 07/20/2009

How Convicts Dial M for Murder

Criminals Sneaking Cell Phones into Jail, Hitting Enemies Outside

By RACHEL MARTIN

July 19, 2009

Last week 24-year-old Patrick Byers was sentenced to life in prison for ordering the 2007 murder of a single father named Carl Lackl, who was supposed to testify against Byers at a murder trial.

What is more disturbing is that Byers called in the hit from behind bars, using a contraband cell phone. The Byers case is one of dozens Maryland authorities are dealing with in which prison inmates smuggle in cell phones and use them to keep their criminal syndicates up and running. The crimes range from credit card fraud, to drug deals, to murder.

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