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On Saturday, February 1, the Alabama Department of Corrections Law Enforcement Services Division (LESD) Central Region K-9 team received information relating to individuals trespassing at the Elmore Correctional Facility in Elmore.
The team immediately responded and intercepted the suspects, who were attempting to smuggle contraband into the prison.
Two suspects were taken into custody and subsequently identified as Kemari Rashaun Green and Shaquan Laray Horton.
Officers also located large quantities of contraband, to include trafficking amounts of controlled substances, in the suspects’ vehicle. Green and Horton were transported and booked into the Elmore County Jail with assistance from the Elmore County Sheriff’s Office.
Green and Horton were charged with trafficking marijuana, trafficking methamphetamine, trafficking fentanyl, trafficking ecstasy, trafficking hydrocodone, two counts of possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, attempting to commit a controlled substance crime, and first-degree promoting prison contraband.
This was a collaborative operation among LESD K-9 Bureau, ADOC’s Contraband Interdiction Team and the Elmore County Sheriff’s Office.
The investigation is ongoing by the ADOC Law Enforcement Services Division, and additional charges are pending at this time.
The following items of contraband were recovered:
- Marijuana
- Methamphetamine
- An assortment of various pills
- Fentanyl
- Knives
- Cell Phones
- Cash
