March 2, 2010
Pot, cell phones, chargers and tobacco packed into footballs, thrown onto CRC’s yard
Two footballs filled with pot, tobacco and cell phones sailed over a prison fence before dawn today in Norco prompting the arrest of two San Diego County residents, according to Riverside County sheriff's officials.
"The footballs were taped closed with packing tape and tossed over the perimeter fence line ... into a preselected area," Sgt. Adam Vallejo said in a written statement. "A correctional officer from the prison saw the footballs being thrown ... and summoned additional (officers) to collect the items and detain the suspects.
The incomplete passes were made at 3:10 a.m. at the California Rehabilitation Center at Fifth Street and Wilson Avenue. The footballs contained about an ounce of marijuana, about eight ounces of tobacco and 11 cellular phones complete with chargers and instruction booklets, according to the statement....
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