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| Inmate phones in GA prisons leading to violence, fraud |
| By wrcbtv.com- Lisa Riordan |
| Published: 03/24/2015 |
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(NBC News) - The voice on the phone told Addis Thompson that his local sheriff's office in Macon, Georgia had a warrant for his arrest. Thompson had missed jury duty, said the man, who identified himself as an officer. Thompson could pay a fine, or go to jail. "Being an old man," said Thompson, who is 78, "I don't want to go to jail." What Thompson didn't know was that the caller himself was in jail — he wasn't a sheriff's deputy, but, allegedly, a convicted coke dealer serving 30 years at Georgia's Autry State Prison. And Thompson, who forked over $734, is just one of many victims across the country who've been targeted by cellphone scammers inside Autry. Law enforcement officials in California, New Jersey and Georgia told NBC News they've traced "jury duty" calls to the prison. Read More. |
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