An Oklahoma City man caught throwing luggage of tobacco, marijuana and cell telephones into the Lawton Correctional Facility is now, himself, behind bars on $70,000 bond.
Rashaad Elijah Wuan Runnels, 21, made his preliminary look Thursday in Comanche County District Court the place he was charged with felony counts of bringing contraband into prison and unauthorized entry into prison, in addition to a misdemeanor rely of bringing tobacco into the prison, data point out.
Runnels was captured late-Tuesday evening after he hopped the street fence on the prison, 8607 SE Flower Mound, and threw two luggage over the perimeter fence, the possible trigger affidavit states. Lawton Police Detective Travis Crawford spoke with corrections officers who stated he’d been caught trying to get again to the roadway; his footwear have been muddy and moist and his arms have been minimize and bleeding.
A gentle cooler bag and a backpack have been recovered.
The cooler bag contained 4 kilos of tobacco, a cellphone with cable and block, a SIM card, two packs of cigarettes, two packs of rolling papers, a lighter and two packs of cigarillos, the affidavit states. The backpack held six luggage of tobacco weighing 1 pound, 170 grams of medical marijuana, one other bag with 1.5 kilos of uncooked tobacco, a bundle of THC marijuana gummies, eight cell telephones and 7 cables, Crawford said.
The detective said not one of the marijuana contained an Oklahoma tax stamp.
“Agent Crawford believes Runnels conspired with an unknown ODOC (Oklahoma Department of Corrections) inmate to introduce contraband into a penal facility,” in accordance to the affidavit.
Runnels is scheduled to return to court docket at 3 p.m. Feb. twenty eighth, 2023, for his preliminary listening to convention, data point out.
