Inmates caught with pot in the Jefferson County Jail

Reported by: Nathan Lehman - 790 WTNY
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Updated: 5/11/2012 8:55 am

Watertown Nathan Lehman WTNY) -- Two inmates at the Jefferson County Jail are facing contraband charges for allegedly possessing marijuana.

The Jefferson County Sheriff's Department says a corrections officer had information that inmate Jordan Turner was receiving marijuana while incarcerated. The officer discovered Turner and a second inmate, Anthony Joseph, had marijuana cigarettes in their cell, hidden within a toilet paper roll.

A urine test of both inmates detected the presence of the drug. Both are charged with second degree promoting prison contraband.

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