The Mississippi Department of Corrections issued the following statement.
After Christopher Naje Wilson lobbed modified footballs containing 4 pounds of marijuana, 38 cellphones, and seven pounds of barbecued chicken wings over the 18-foot razor fence of South Mississippi Correctional Institution, he and three friends sped off into the night. The only hitch is, Wilson –who was out on bond on a murder charge– was wearing a court-ordered electronic ankle bracelet. The bracelet, which alerts authorities if disabled, allowed law enforcement to track the smugglers from the prison near Leakesville, MS, back to Richland outside Jackson. Stopping Wilson’s car, which he had stolen, Richland Police found another football in the car containing synthetic marijuana called “spice.” In the Rankin County Jail, the suspects confessed to Mississippi Department of Corrections investigators.
MDOC Investigative Director John Hunt said, “Electronic GPS surveillance technology let us clearly see every movement Wilson made to and from the prison and to within feet of SMCI’s perimeter fence. We also found a receipt in the contraband from the store where some items had been purchased and by whom. And Richland Police found another marijuana football in the car.”
The smuggling happened at 1:30 a.m. on December 7 when Wilson and friends threw 25 packages over SMCI’s fence. When the 7 pounds of chicken wings hit a sensor, Corrections officers rushed to the area and confiscated all 25 packages as well as catching a glimpse of the car.
Richland Police arrested Wilson, 18, along with Fredric James Roberson, 19, and Keshun Chambers, 18. MDOC officials said the trio will be charged with drug possession, trafficking, and introducing illegal contraband into a prison. Further tracking led CID investigators to also arrest Roberson’s 22-year-old sister Fredricka Roberson and Fredrikee Gooden, 21, on charges of introducing contraband into a prison. They were jailed in Greene County.
Among the contraband seized, officials found:
1. Four pounds of marijuana
2. 20 pounds of tobacco and rolling papers
3. 38 cellphones, chargers and Bluetooth earbuds
4. An assortment of cigars
5. Over-the-counter cold medications
6. 10 cans of snuff
7. Several packs of cigarettes and lighters
8. 1 scale
9. 1 head scarf
10. 7 pounds of barbequed chicken wings, marinating in a plastic zip-lock bag.
MDOC Commissioner Burl Cain said, “We are continually improving new technology to protect our prisons, but the tragedy in this case is that now four more people are in jail and the inmates connected with the smugglers will lose eligibility for early release –all because they didn’t consider that drugs and seven pounds of chicken wings would trip a sensor.”
24 comments:
If you think about it, "criminal" really is the only career option for someone this stupid.
Those must have been some heavy balls.
One of the best JJ tales of all time.
Career criminals. The correction system needs to bring back hard labor to these leeches on society.
No work No food.
What is the purpose of electronic monitoring if it is only going to be used after the fact? As soon as Mr. Wilson left the authorized area the warnings should have started sounding at police headquarters and he should have been immediately apprehended and returned to jail with his bail revoked.
What I take away from this story is security is lacking in almost every aspect of the criminal justice system. A person on supervised release is able to get within a few feet of a prison fence and throw multiple objects across and it is only because he accidentally hit a sensor with one of them that he got caught. Something is dreadfully wrong in this situation. He should have been identified and arrested as soon as he got within 100 yards of the facility.
Cain is such a dumbass.
I told them they had to pay BC, they didn’t listen, I did my part so don’t come looking for me.
You really have to hand it to them. When they're not out enriching themselves at public expense those MDOC folks sure are clever.
Possibly the greatest thing I have read this week! 7lbs of chicken wings !
11:05
Great point.
Plus, I saw earlier MDOC was thumping its chest about how technology helped solve the case.
Why in the world would they tell how they caught them. I know it's not hard to figure out, but, daauuummmn.
Just last year these three were probably in high school. Definitely not the kinds of kids I would want my teenagers around (if I had any, which I don't). I suspect they had disciplinary problems long before this incident (and the murder charge).
These people are gang members. They do what they are told to do and damn the consequences.
There's a Netflix movie in this escapade.
December 7, you say? Will this event go down in infamy?
The system works, although it could use some improvements.
Makes perfect sense to me. If you are throwing hooch over the fence, you need to follow it with some good munchies.
@10:45 an alternate career would be the US Military.
"After Christopher Naje Wilson lobbed modified footballs containing seven pounds of barbecued chicken wings over the 18-foot razor fence of South Mississippi Correctional Institution"
Chicken Wings ?
Really . . . Chicken Wings ?
Still shaking my head about the Chicken Wings.
The only thing that will stop these and others just like them is an amendment to the Constitution that would allow "cruel and unusual punishment".
3:41 You missed the most interesting part. "marinating in a plastic zip-lock bag" They apparently weren't cooked. Not only can prisoners get contraband food, they can fire up the old grill and have a cookout.
Ooooohhhhh!!! They played football for JPS...or did I mean to say Ole Miss?!!!!
The Left wing says we need to end racist "mass incarceration" !!!
We can....if they will end MASS CRIMINAL ACTIVITY!!
Prisoners have run the system for decades. Some of should be playing College Football. And to think, all the hype about Deflate Gate. All they needed was the right person throwing the ball.
@11:05 AM...who's watching these people wearing ankle brackets? No One. A highly POLITICAL publicized case at the time, but few knew the details. In 2014, A 16 year old, wearing a ankle monitor Robbed & Killed an 87 WWII veteran as he was coming out of a grocery store with flowers for his wife on Mothers day. He & 2 accomplices immediately took his wallet & CC on a shopping spree. His 1st trial was a mistrial Tecinality because a detective supposedly didn't produce a search warrant for his GPS location data, putting him in the parking lot at the time of the Murder.
A 2nd Mistrial was declared because the Jurors couldn't agree on the Murder Charge. The District Attorney claimed he couldn't be tried again because of double Jeopardy ???? He was convicted of Armed Robbery & CC Fraud. Maybe JJ can explain why Double Jeopardy if you have mistrials.
Byrd, then 16, wore an ankle monitor at the time of the murder. In 2015, police said Byrd’s ankle monitor’s GPS put him in the exact location as the victim’s vehicle, where the murder took place.
Since the ankle monitor stemmed from a youth court proceeding, however, an order from a youth court judge needed to be submitted in this week's murder trial.
https://www.meridianstar.com/news/state_news/mistrial-technicality-stalls-meridian-murder-case/article_0024f994-1efa-11e7-831e-efa86d85f448.html
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