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Inmate gets 5 more years after cellphone falls out of pocket

COs were tipped off by posts to Facebook

By C1 Staff

ISSAQUENA — A county inmate was saddled with an additional five-year sentence when corrections officers found a cell phone hidden inside of his pants.

According to The Clarion Ledger, Jimmy Pruitt was caught after officers were tipped off by posts Pruitt had made to Facebook back in 2011.

Two officers testified that the cellphone fell out of Pruitt’s pants while he was being searched.