UPDATED: Cop Thwarts Prison Smuggling Attempt at Federal Pen
Four men were spotted trying to smuggle items including two handguns into the federal penitentiary.
THOMASVILLE HEIGHTS — Usually, people are wanting to break out of prison, not break in. But Atlanta police report that one of its officers thwarted what seemed to be four people trying to smuggle items — including two loaded handguns — into the U.S. Federal Penitentiary. Prison officials say all inmates are accounted for and and that their movements are restricted at the minimum security complex as the matter is being investigated. It's unclear if any of the men were employees or inmates. "We do take the matter seriously," Chris Burke, a Bureau of Prisons spokesman, told East Atlanta Patch Tuesday. "We're working with the FBI and local law enforcement to determine what happened, how it happened and to make sure it doesn't happen again." …
