Crime & Safety
N.H. Inmate Pleads Guilty To Pot Possession
A federal inmate pleads guilty to drug possession in prison.
BEDFORD, N.H. - A 42-year-old inmate at the federal correctional institution FCI-Berlin, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court to possessing marijuana and possessing a prohibited object while an inmate at a federal prison. A sentencing hearing is scheduled for August 3, 2017.
According to statements made at the change of plea hearing, on January 17, correctional staff at FCI-Berlin were conducting routine searches of cells. Jesus Silva-Cruz, a Cuban citizen, was the only inmate assigned to cell 103.
The staff found three vacuum sealed packages of green leafy material. Laboratory testing of the material proved it was marijuana. The total weight of the material was approximately three ounces.
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