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Cell Phones In Jail Leads To Charges
An employee at the Jackson County prison is accused of sneaking contraband to
inmates…
The forbidden item…cellphones. Karen Robertson of Sparta has admitted to providing two phones to prisoners. She’s facing charges of delivering articles to inmates, and felony misconduct. Robertson is a drug and alcohol counselor at the prison. The sheriff’s department investigated after a tip from officials at the prison that inmates had help from outside to pay Robertson for the cellphones.
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