JAIL GUARD ARRESTED FOR SMUGGLING POT

A correctional officer at Marion County Jail II was arrested early
today and accused of trying to bring marijuana and tobacco in to the
Downtown facility, officials said.

Durand Huggins, 27, of Indianapolis, was booked on a preliminary
charge of trafficking with an inmate, a class C felony.

Indianapolis Police reports say that the Jail II officials were given
information about a possible night-time smuggling operation involving
Huggins by a confidential informant. Huggins reported for duty at 10
p.m. Monday, and at 11:50 p.m. briefly left the facility.

Reports say Huggins was spotted returning to Jail II five minutes
later carrying what appeared to be a large fast-food plastic bag.

Huggins was searched and surrendered the bag, which contained some
White Castle sandwiches -- as well as 7 bags of tobacco and three
wrappers of suspected marijuana.

He was then taken to the Arrestee Processing Center and was being held
today in Marion County Jail on a $7,500 bond.

Jail II opened in 1997 to help ease crowding at the main jail nearby.
The jail is owned by the county and run under contract by Corrections
Corporation of America, based in Nashville, Tenn.