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MAURY INMATE IN TROUBLE FOR SMUGGLING ITEMS IN PROSTHETIC LEG
A MAURY COUNTY JAIL INMATE IS FACING ADDITIONAL CHARGES AFTER SNEAKING CONTRABAND INTO THE FACILITY IN HIS SHOES AND PROSTHETIC LEG.  THE DAILY HERALD REPORTS 64 YEAR-OLD KENNETH SNEED WAS ARRESTED LAST WEEK FOR STEALING NEWSPAPERS FROM A TRUCK STOP AND DRIVING ON A REVOKED LICENSE.  WHILE IN CUSTODY, A CORRECTIONS OFFICER SMELLED SMOKE COMING FROM SNEED'S CELL AND A SEARCH WAS INITIATED.  AUTHORITIES DISCOVERED THE INMATE HAD HIDDEN CIGARETTES AND SCISSORS IN HIS SHOES AND RAZOR BLADES IN HIS PROSTHETIC LEG.  JAIL POLICY IS TO GIVE INMATES SHOES TO WEAR WHILE IN CUSTODY BUT SNEED HAD BEEN ALLOWED TO KEEP HIS SHOES BECAUSE OF HIS PROSTHESIS.  AFTER THE INCIDENT, SNEED'S BOND WAS RAISED FROM 5 THOUSAND TO 15 THOUSAND DOLLARS AND HE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH INTRODUCING A WEAPON INTO A PENAL INSTITUTION.
 

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