Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012

40 indicted in drug ring run from Indiana prisons

By KEN KUSMERRICK CALLAHAN

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal indictment says 40 people are facing charges in connection to drug ring run by two Indiana prison inmates with the help of corrections officers.

An indictment unsealed Wednesday says prison guards smuggled cellphones and drugs into prisons, and that the operation was involved in methamphetamine, heroin and other drugs.

The FBI says about 300 agents fanned out across the state and made arrests. At least 17 people appeared in court Wednesday in Indianapolis, and the judge ordered they be held in custody.

The indictment indicates Oscar Perez and Justin Addler were at the center of the ring. According to prison records, Perez is serving time for murder and Addler for drug dealing at different prisons.

One corrections officer is charged, though the indictment says multiple guards were involved.

2012-08-23 00:34:31 GMT

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