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"Inmate Hides Gun In Fat Layers"

By Douglas A. Berman

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The title of this post is the headline of this local news story from Texas. Here are the basics: A nearly 600-pound man was able to hide a weapon for more than a day while he was in custody, police told KPRC Local 2 Wednesday. "Obviously the system broke down," former Harris County Detention Major Mark Kellar said. "The procedures didn't work as they were designed to work." Houston police said George Vera, 25, was arrested Aug. 2 and taken to the city jail. He spent a day there before being transferred to the Harris County Jail. After being there for 14 hours, going through intake procedures, he was taken to the showers, the final step before going to his cell. There, Vera told police he had a 9mm handgun on him, along with 2 clips. "If a person has a weapon, narcotics, anything of danger, it should have been found before he winds up in the county jail," said Kellar...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on August 06, 2009 (boomark / email).

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