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Man faces charges in drone contraband smuggling scheme
By newsok.com- Jennifer Palmer and Graham Lee Brewer
Published: 11/12/2015

McALESTER — The tale of what led to a drone crashing inside the razor-wire fence at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary last month starts with two gang members — one in prison, one out — and a woman allegedly kidnapped at gunpoint and forced over a weekend to learn to fly the contraband-carrying device, court records show.

Investigators were led to the suspects by a photo taken off the drone's camera of the woman flying the device.

The failed smuggling attempt took place about 2 a.m. Oct. 26, from the backyard of a vacant house near the prison, where convicted robber Marquis Gilkey and the woman attempted to fly the drone toward the prison, an investigator said.

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