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Friday, July 24, 2009

More Arrests In Prison Contraband Investigation

Location of Incident: Sussex Correctional Institution , US 13 , Georgetown, Sussex County , DE

Date and Time of Occurrence: July 22, 2009

Defendants :

Ray L. Rutledge, 39 – 2 counts of Promoting Prison Contraband and 1 count of Conspiracy

Charles Meritt, 36 – 2 felony counts and 1 misdemeanor count of Promoting Prison Contraband and 4 counts of conspiracy

William Weedon Jr, 51 – 2 counts of Promoting Prison Contraband and 4 counts of Conspiracy

William Weedon III, 26, – 2 counts of Promoting Prison Contraband and 4 counts of Conspiracy


Resume:


State Troopers and Correctional Officials continue to clear up the prison contraband scandal that plagued the Sussex Correctional Institute in Georgetown.

Four inmates that were housed at the facility were arrested at the prison and formally charged with there involvement in the prison contraband investigation. All four inmates were arrested in the evening on July 22, 2009.

Troopers had arrested Leonard Whitman and Carly Weedon on July 21 for introducing contraband into the prison. Whitman was a Correctional Officer during the time of his arrest.

The investigation is continuing and troopers expecting additional arrests.

No bail information was available at the time of this release.





6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Looks like that Good ol boy policy will be dropped!

Some of these boys have been crying...LOL

Good job....get the rest of these bastards!!

Anonymous said...

That jail ain't no jail. Especially if you are on work release. Some just travel to Maryland and sit at their girlfriends house all day and then go to work.

Anonymous said...

how do you arrest somebody that is already in Jail? Where do you take them? To another cell maybe???

Anonymous said...

There are a lot of Americans that have no moral compass, perhaps we deserve everything we are getting.

Anonymous said...

The last two.... like father like son, William Weedon jr and the 3rd

Anonymous said...

Is that Kenny Townsend?