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Chicago officer admits smuggling in pot

On Tuesday, former correctional officer Dwayne Jones admitted he brought cannabis to work and was sentenced to 18 months probation

By Rummana Hussain
Chicago Sun-Times

CHICAGO -- When Dwayne Jones was arrested for bringing 10 grams of marijuana into Cook County Jail last year, he denied the drugs were his.

On Tuesday, the former correctional officer admitted he brought the cannabis to work and was sentenced to 18 months probation.

Sheriff’s officers searching Jones’ bag after they were tipped off about the contraband also found a cell phone, charger, earphones and DVDs of the Discovery Channel series “Cook County Jail” and MSNBC’s “The Squeeze,” which focuses on the roles of the sheriff’s gang intelligence officers, authorities said at the time of his arrest.

Officers are not allowed to have electronics while at the jail. Jones, who was on probationary status since he had been on the job for less than a year, was immediately fired.

Jones, of the 10300 block of Walden Pkwy., originally faced two counts of possession of contraband in a penal institution and one count of officer misconduct. He pleaded guilty to one count of bringing contraband to a penal institution Tuesday before Judge Nicholas Ford.

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