WENGNews writes, "A CHARLOTTE COUNTY JAIL INMATE WAS ARRESTED FRIDAY AS AN INVESTIGATION FOUND HE HELPED SMUGGLE CONTRABAND INTO THE JAIL, SOMETHING THAT IS REACHING EPIC PROPORTIONS. JAIL INVESTIGATORS REPORTEDLY FOUND TOBACCO AND ROLLING PAPERS IN THE TRASH CAN OF THE LOBBY RESTROOM FRIDAY NIGHT. THEY TOOK THE SUBSTANCES, THEN PUT THE BACK AFTER VISITING HOURS WERE OVER. THEY THEN WATCHED 22 YEAR OLD KENNETH RAY HUNTER GO INTO THE BATHROOM AND EMPTY THE TRASH CAN. HE THEN MOVED THE TOBACCO FROM THE WOMEN’S RESTROOM TO THE MEN’S. HUNTER, WHO HAS BEEN AT THE JAIL SINCE EARLY OCTOBER, WAS CHARGED WITH SMUGGLING CONTRABAND INTO A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY. THE GEORGIA MAN WAS HELD WITHOUT BOND. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL RECENT INCIDENTS OF DRUG SMUGGLING INTO THE JAIL, INCLUDING THE DISCOVERY OF CRACK IN A JAIL CELL AND A FRIEND ALLEGEDLY SMUGGLING PRESCRIPTION DRUGS FOR AN INMATE LAST WEEK. "
