TDOC Makes Contraband Arrest
Thursday, October 09, 2008 | 08:30am
CHATTANOOGA - Internal Affairs agents with the Department of Correction have arrested a Chattanooga woman suspected of smuggling loaded guns into a Tennessee prison. Tiara Monique Ward, 27, is charged with Introduction of Contraband into a Penal Facility. She is being held at the Morgan County Jail.
Investigators discovered two weapons inside a package delivered to the Morgan County Correctional Complex on September 17, 2008. An investigation shows Ward mailed the loaded guns to the Wartburg prison after hiding them inside a box filled with board games and books.
More arrests could come. The investigation is on going.
