Four charged with smuggling of cellphones

A day after a report released by Shelby County Corrections Center Director James Coleman called for stricter measures to keep contraband out of the penal facility, four inmates were charged with sneaking cellphones into the prison.

Police reported that inmate Tony Campbell, 45, slipped a cellphone into the prison in February by concealing it in a tote box containing his clothing and mail.

And in March, at least three inmates were found in possession of cellphones at the facility.

Inmates Lloyd Jones, 49, and Rodricus Dorsey, 24, were found with cellphones during strip searches by correctional officers.

Inmate Sean Blackmon, 28, removed a cellphone from his pants and threw it on the ground before such a search. Each of the phones was confiscated.

Each of the men was charged Saturday with taking contraband into a penal facility.

Coleman’s call to action was spurred by 29-year- old inmate Martez D. Wright, who in April used a cellphone to post several videos on Facebook of himself and other prisoners claiming to have marijuana, flashing gang signs and boasting about stockpiles of toiletries and junk food.

Similar charges against Wright have not been filed.

— Scott Carroll year- old Cantrell Todd lying unresponsive in the parking lot. Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene, according to information released by Karen Rudolph, spokeswoman for the Memphis Police Department.

A second victim, a 43year- old man whose name was not released, suffered an apparent gunshot wound and was transported in critical condition to the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. His status was updated to noncritical condition Saturday evening, Rudolph said.

No arrests have been made at this point and the investigation is continuing, officials said.

— Christopher Whitten