Private Detective: Man Arrested After Supplying Narcotics to Inmates in Franklin Co.

A man was arrested after deputies say he supplied narcotics to inmates in the Franklin County Regional Jail.

Franklin County Sheriff Pat Melton says that on Monday, narcotics detectives were made aware of a plot for someone to smuggle narcotics into the jail.

A Deputy Jailer obtained the information from an inmate who was discussing a plan to import drugs into the jail through the work release inmates.

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They say that detectives learned through an investigation that Joseph Allen Montgomery would supply narcotics to the inmates.

Montgomery had devised a plan to plant narcotics in a location at an undisclosed inmate work site. The narcotics were to be later recovered from inmates working a work detail and eventually smuggled into the jail, according to the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department.

On Tuesday around 9:00 a.m., deputies and narcotics detectives were watching the drop location. Montgomery was found to be concealing the narcotics at the location.  They say that deputy jailers were able to apprehend the inmates as they were recovering the narcotics.

They say Montgomery put crack cocaine in a can of tobacco and left it in the bathroom of the inmate work site.

He was followed away from the scene and arrested for Trafficking in a Controlled Substance and Promoting Contraband into a Detention Facility.

Investigators also found $3,000 in cash and a small amount of marijuana after search the residence where Montgomery was living.

Franklin Co. Sheriff's Office

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