Lawyer caught on prison video is accused of smuggling contraband into jail
Daniel Sidney Dale, 49, of Terry, Mississippi, has been charged with two counts of conspiracy and three counts of introducing contraband into a correctional facility. (Photo from the Hinds County, Mississippi, sheriff’s Aug. 8 Facebook press release press release)
Bond has been set at $75,000 for a Mississippi lawyer accused of smuggling cellphones and other contraband into a correctional facility.
Daniel Sidney Dale, 49, of Terry, Mississippi, has been charged with two counts of conspiracy and three counts of introducing contraband into the facility.
WJTV, the Clarion Ledger and WLBT have coverage.
Dale was accused of trying to pass the contraband to a detainee Aug. 8, said Hinds County, Mississippi, Sheriff Tyree Jones in an Aug. 8 Facebook press release.
Court affidavits allege that Dale brought into the facility two cellphones, two cellphone charger blocks, a digital scale, cigarettes and a substance thought to be marijuana, WLBT reported. He is accused of conspiring with two inmates in the smuggling plot.
Dale was arrested after video showed him allegedly giving contraband to an inmate, according to WLBT.
Jones said Dale was posing as a legal counsel during the visit. Authorities are investigating whether Dale also passed contraband to other inmates during the 10 visits that he made to the facility since June.
Updated on Aug. 16 to correct references to Daniel Sidney Dale and Sheriff Tyree Jones.
