Prison Guard Suspected of Smuggling Narcotics
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A correctional officer at Centinela State Prison has been arrested on suspicion of conspiring to smuggle narcotics and cellphones to inmates.
Daniel Jones Jr. was arrested Jan. 15 following a six-month investigation, said Michael Capeci, an investigator with the Imperial County district attorney’s office.
Jones and his girlfriend, Leslie Saldana, are suspected of being involved in a conspiracy to smuggle marijuana, cocaine and phones into the prison. They were released on bail pending a Feb. 18 arraignment.
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