Three Johnson County Jail inmates are accused of accessing another inmate’s phone account to make nearly $60 in phone calls.
According to Johnson County Sheriff’s Office criminal complaints, Dantrel L. Ware, 19, of Iowa City and Leslie K. Stokes, Jr., 19, of Cedar Rapids, obtained the personal identification number of another inmate without his permission. The PIN is used by jail inmates to control funds for their commissary and phone accounts.
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Police said Ware used the victim’s PIN to make 18 phone calls in two days. Stokes allegedly made 19 phone calls in two days. Both men were observed on surveillance video using the only phone in the cell block when the victim’s account was accessed, police said.
The estimated amount of money used by the two men was between $40-50, according to the complaint. The phone calls took place on or around May 16.
On May 18, a third inmate, Marzell L. Hicks, 35, of Chicago, also accessed the inmate’s phone account. Police said Hicks made three phone calls totaling $9.36 on that day.
All three men now face charges of identity theft, an aggravated misdemeanor
