Woman Used T-Shirt Gun to Launch Contraband into Prison

Guards saw Kerri Jo Hickman shoot a package filled with cellphones, ear buds, meth, marijuana and digital scales March 10 into North Fork Correctional Unit from her car before driving away.

Staff Writer
March 18, 2019

An Oklahoma woman used a T-shirt gun to launch contraband -- including drugs and cellphones -- into a prison, authorities said.

Guards saw Kerri Jo Hickman shoot a package filled with cellphones, ear buds, meth, marijuana and digital scales March 10 into North Fork Correctional Unit from her car before driving away, WSOC reports.

Hickman was pulled over nearby and arrested. She was charged with introducing contraband into a penal institution, conspiracy and drug trafficking, investigators said.

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