Associated Press
LINCOLN, Neb. — A Hickman man is accused of trying to smuggle drugs to inmates when he was a guard at Tecumseh State Correctional Institution.
The Lincoln Journal Star reports that 21-year-old Michael Splittgerber is accused of offering to sneak marijuana into the prison to an inmate last year.
An arrest affidavit says prison officials learned of the offering after an inmate reported to Splittgerber’s superior that Splittgerber told the inmate he had something for him.
Investigators say a search of Splittgerber’s pockets by prison officials turned up a marijuana cigarette inside a staff-issued plastic glove.
He was arrested on a warrant earlier this month. He remained Saturday in the Johnson County Jail on $5,000 bond and could be reached for comment.