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Woman charged with smuggling cell phone, iPods into prison

She taped the devices beneath a false bottom of a box filled with video games and a PlayStation console that were being donated to prisoners from a local church

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Prison officials say these electronics were smuggled into the Idaho Correctional Center in a secret compartment.

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By Katie Terhune
KTVB

BOISE — A Caldwell woman could face up to five years in prison after jail officials say she tried to sneak iPods and a cell phone to inmates.

Danielle Pennington, 31, is accused of using a box with a secret compartment to get the electronics and chargers into the Idaho Correctional Center in November. One inmate, 25-year-old Devon Elmore, has also been charged in connection with the attempt, and charges are pending against three more people.

Investigators say Pennington taped the devices beneath a false bottom of a box filled with video games and a PlayStation console that were being donated to prisoners from a local church.

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