Harrisburg man sentenced to over 4 years in prison for smuggling cell phones into Dauphin County Prison - WPMT FOX 43

DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. — The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania sentenced a Harrisburg antheral to situation for his relation successful a compartment telephone smuggling strategy astatine Dauphin County Prison.

Danny Cruz, 44, of Harrisburg, bribed former Corrections Officer Kyle Bower to present respective phones betwixt October 2015 and January 2016. Cruz's parent would springiness the phones and currency to Bower, who would past present the phones to the inmate. Cruz and his parent paid Bower hundreds of dollars for each telephone helium brought into the prison, authorities said.

Cruz was incarcerated for charges of attempted execution astatine the clip of this scheme. A justice ordered that helium volition service his 51-month condemnation for the smuggling aft helium finishes serving his nine- to 20-year condemnation for the attempted murder.

All different participants successful the scheme person entered blameworthy pleas to conspiracy to smuggle phones into the prison.