Essex County Men Sentenced to Prison for Smuggling Pot and Cell Phones Into Jail

TRENTON, NJ—Two Newark, New Jersey, men were each sentenced prison terms today for their involvement in a scheme to smuggle contraband, including marijuana and cell phones, into the Essex County Correctional Facility, a federal pretrial detention facility, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

Darsell Davis, 29, and Dwayne Harper, 31, were sentenced to 15 months and 12 months in prison, respectively. Davis previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Mary L. Cooper to an information charging him with one count of conspiring with others to commit extortion under color of official right. Harper previously pleaded guilty before Judge Cooper to an information charging him with one count of conspiring to smuggle contraband into the Essex County Correctional Facility. Judge Cooper imposed both sentences today in Trenton federal court.

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