A correction officer was arraigned Thursday on charges that he allegedly smuggled contraband into the Nassau County Correctional Center.
Javel Welch, 38, from West Hempstead, is accused of smuggling in a cellphone and small Bible believed to be coated in the synthetic drug K2.
"We actually have seen a surge of Bible pages in the correctional center that are being rolled up to smoke, because the Bible would be allowed in someone's cell, because it is the Bible that is sold in the commissary," said Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly.
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