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| Inmate charged with stealing and distributing drugs |
| By Herald Tribune |
| Published: 09/27/2004 |
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A county inmate who was part of a supervised hurricane-work squad stole dozens of prescription pills from a health center two weeks ago, smuggled them into the jail and gave them to prisoners, sheriff's detectives said. James Frederick Avery, 32, a Port Charlotte resident, was charged last Wednesday with introduction of contraband and grand theft. He was in jail for an April arrest on charges of cocaine and marijuana possession. Avery was one of four inmates moving furniture into a trailer Sept. 17 at the state Health Department building on E. Grace Street. The pills, anti-depressants and cancer-fighting drugs, were on a counter in the trailer, reports show. The health's department's director, Dr. Joseph Gogan, said last Thursday that the inmate had been in a secure area where he was not allowed. Avery used the finger of a rubber glove -- also stolen from the building -- to bring the drugs undetected into the jail, sheriff's Detective Martha Faul said in a report. An inmate got sick from the drugs and a handful of inmates in the same pod were unruly the night they used the drugs. This is at least the second case where a work-crew inmate is accused of smuggling contraband. |
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