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A prison employee is facing drug charges for allegedly attempted to smuggle drugs into the Kincheloe prison for inmates.
29-year-old James Thomas Parr was arraigned in 91st District Court on Monday.
Detectives from the Michigan State Police Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team East arrested the Michigan Department of Corrections employee following a four-month investigation.
The investigation began when authorities began to suspect Parr of providing drugs and cell phones to prisoners.
Last Thursday, detectives received information that Parr had cellphones in his possession that he intended to bring inside the Chippewa Correctional Facility when he next went to work.
Investigators made contact with him the following day as he was entering the prison for his scheduled shift. Parr was arrested and search warrants were executed at his home.
He has been charged by the Chippewa County Prosecutor’s Office with eight counts, including one each of possession with intent to deliver heroin, conspiracy to deliver heroin, conspiracy to furnish heroin to a prisoner, conspiracy to furnish marijuana to a prisoner, delivery of suboxone, and three counts of conspiracy to furnish a cell phone to a prisoner.
This story was originally posted by ABC-10’s Trent Bailey at
https://abc10up.com/2019/04/23/prison-employee-arrested-for-smuggling-contraband-to-inmates/
