2 accused of bringing drugs into county jail
Two inmates are accused of bringing drugs into Butler County Prison.
Dwayne Smallwood, 40, of Butler and Carli D. Colcombe, 21, of Buffalo Township are both facing felony charges in connection with the unrelated cases.
Butler police said they found Smallwood shortly after midnight Monday while investigating a suspicious activity report on Zeigler Avenue.
Officers learned that he was wanted on an arrest warrant out of Mercer County, police said. He was arrested and taken to the county jail.
A correctional officer later notified police that a cloth bag of suspected drugs was found behind a bench in the prison's processing area.
Surveillance video subsequently showed Smallwood dropping the bag, according to court documents, while he was seated on the bench waiting to be processed.
In the bag, police said, was a plastic baggie with eight plastic bag corners containing suspected crack cocaine.
A second plastic baggie in the cloth bag, police said, was found with nine bag corners of crack and five bag corners with suspected powder cocaine.
District Judge William Fullerton arraigned Smallwood on felony charges of possession of a controlled substance by an inmate and possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance.
He was placed in Butler County Prison on $50,000 bail on the charges. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Nov. 19.Colcombe was allegedly caught with a pill bottle containing medication during a strip search Sunday night while being booked into the jail.County detectives said Colcombe had been taken to the facility on a probation violation.The bottle, according to court documents, contained 10 pills of alprazolam and 12 half pills of gabapentin,Alprazolam, which is commonly prescribed to treat anxiety, is deemed a controlled substance under state law. Gabapentin, a prescription drug used in the treatment of nerve pain and seizures, is listed as a noncontrolled substance.Fullerton on Tuesday arraigned Colcombe on felony and misdemeanor charges of possession of a controlled substance by an inmate. She was given a recognizance bond in the case.She remains in the prison on a probation detainer out of Allegheny County. Her preliminary hearing is scheduled for Nov. 19.
