{"id":29729,"date":"2015-10-08T21:57:25","date_gmt":"2015-10-08T21:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/?p=29729"},"modified":"2015-10-08T22:00:26","modified_gmt":"2015-10-08T22:00:26","slug":"prison-contraband","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=29729","title":{"rendered":"St. Croix  Man To Serve Four Months In Jail For Possession Of Prison Contraband"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ST. CROIX &#8212; District Court Chief Judge Wilma A. Lewis on Wednesday sentenced Shevron\u00a0Percival, 25, of this island to four months in prison and one year of supervised release for possession of prison\u00a0contraband, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced. Judge Lewis also ordered\u00a0Percival to pay a $500 fine.<\/p>\n<p>On May 7, 2015, Percival pleaded guilty to one count of possession of prison contraband. As\u00a0part of his plea, Percival admitted that he possessed a cellular telephone that was found in his basketball\u00a0shorts while he was an inmate at the Golden Grove Adult Correctional Facility here. Cellular\u00a0telephones are prohibited contraband in correctional facilities because they are known to be used by\u00a0prisoners to intimidate witnesses, orchestrate narcotics transactions, and facilitate other criminal\u00a0activity, including murders.<\/p>\n<p>This case was investigated by the Virgin Islands Bureau of Corrections and the United States\u00a0Drug Enforcement Administration. It was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Rami S. Badawy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ST. CROIX &#8212; District Court Chief Judge Wilma A. Lewis on Wednesday sentenced Shevron\u00a0Percival, 25, of this island to four months in prison and one year of supervised release for possession of prison\u00a0contraband, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced. 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