Posted: Tuesday, March 22, 2016. 7:40 pm CST.
Because it was his first offence he was not given the custodial sentence of 3 years. He was fined $10,000 and he was given 1 year to pay. If he defaults on payment he will serve 3 years.
In his plea for mitigation, Reyes said he accepted the job to take the weed into prison because he needed the money to pay for an operation for his mother.
Around 6:41 yesterday when Reyes reported to work, he was told that a naked search would be conducted on him after a prison officer felt something hard in his groin area. Reyes then said that he only had a little weed and he asked the officer to give him a “run”. When the officer refused, Reyes put his hand in the front of his pants and came up with a rectangular shaped plastic bag which contained the cannabis.
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