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Jersey City man pleads guilty to prison smuggling scheme
Drones used to smuggle contraband into federal correctional facility ×
The conspiracy used drones to smuggle contraband into Fort Dix under cover of darkness. (Derek Skinner / Shutterstock.com)
A Jersey City man admitted to participating in a conspiracy to use drones to smuggle contraband, including cell phones and tobacco, into the federal correctional facility at Fort Dix, and to possessing heroin and fentanyl with the intent to distribute, according to Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig.
Jason Arteaga-Loayza, aka “Juice,” 30, a former inmate at Fort Dix, pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton to one count of conspiracy to defraud the U.S. Bureau of Prisons and one count of possession of heroin and fentanyl with the intent to distribute.
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