COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Authorities say three 16-year old juveniles and a 37-year old man got in trouble last night in Branch County for scheming to toss drugs over the fence at the Lakeland Correctional Facility. The suspects are all from the Eaton Rapids area. Two of the juveniles were picked up after their car was stopped on Bidwell Road.
Deputies said they obtained confessions from the pair and then the other two subjects involved were located near the Wal-Mart Distribution Center on Jonesville Road. Corrections officers at the prison recovered the contraband thrown over the fence and identified possible recipients within the facility.
It was around 9 o’clock last night when the prison called the Sheriff’s Department to report the activity and a description of the crime and a direction of travel for the suspects northbound through the wooded area north of the facility toward Newton Road. Investigators believe the adult, who was arrested on a parole violation, had plans for future deliveries with training for the juveniles, who were released to their parents
