Attorney Busted for Allegedly Smuggling Phones and Other Contraband Into Mississippi Correctional Facility
Just one day after an investigation into the attorney began, he was arrested and hit with conspiracy and contraband-related charges.
An attorney’s alleged attempt at smuggling contraband into a correctional facility in Mississippi didn’t go as planned, as the attorney in question has since been arrested.
Thursday, Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones shared photos of various items attorney Daniel Sidney Dale is accused of trying to get into the facility. Jones, who also held a press conference on the viral portrait-producing arrest, said that Dale has been charged with two counts of conspiracy and three counts of introduction of contraband to a correctional facility. Per Jones, Dale is accused of "posing as legal counsel" for detainees while bringing in prohibited items during his visits.
"Attorney Dale, in a trusted position responsible for the constitutional rights of arrested suspects, jeopardized the safety and integrity of the Hinds County Detention Facilities and the public," Jones said in a statement.
At Thursday’s presser, Jones provided more details on the ongoing investigation, which he said was put into motion earlier this month after a suspicious "exchange" involving the attorney and a detainee was caught on video. That exchange, per Jones, saw the attorney seemingly giving a phone and "a brown envelope containing unknown items" to a detainee. Later, a phone and other items were recovered from that detainee’s quarters.
Jones specified that these alleged incidents took place at the Raymond Detention Center in Hinds County, with Dale’s arrest coming after he made another visit to the facility, at which point his briefcase became the subject of a search. This search resulted in officials discovering an alleged assortment of items including phones, suspected weed, tobacco, a scale, and more.
The investigation remains in progress, Jones told reporters. Dale is believed to have visited the facility "at least 10 times" since June, with Jones careful to point out that more charges, not to mention additional arrests, could be possible in the coming weeks.
Online jail records list Dale's date of arrest as Aug. 8, just one day after the investigation began.
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