The Buck Stops Here
Six inmates at the Osceola County Jail in Kissimmee, Fla., were allegedly making homemade alcohol in their cells. Kevin Mark Alsen, Philip Wickham, Angel Portuondo, Wendell Elliott, Salvatore Czajak and Christopher Carter are facing charges of introduction and possession of contraband into a detention facility after hoarding and fermenting fruit in the walls of their cells.
Homemade alcohol, also called "hooch" or "buck", is often traded in corrections facilities for cash, drugs, cigarettes or ...um... "favors".
The operation was found out Tuesday when an officer became aware of a missing section of fence separating showering areas. During a search of cells in the area, officers found a loose toilet paper holder in Cell 108. A sheriff's report said the holder "had previously been removed from the wall." Behind the toilet paper holder was a large hole that went through to Cell 107.
The six inmates were removed from the two cells while officers explored the hole in the wall. Inside they found a T-shaped pipe, cigarette lighters and a plastic bag full of the fermenting fruit. "The 'buck' had not fully fermented yet and I was able to observe chunks of fruit still inside the plastic bag," a deputy wrote in the resulting report.
All six inmates deny that the contraband belongs to them.
Looks to us that #3 and #6 have had a nip.
Source: Orlando Sentinel
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Posted by Dee, Washington, DC on March 15, 2010:
It made #4's hair stand on end!
Posted by Laura / Orlando FL on March 17, 2010:
Commissioners also learned for the first time today that razor wire was installed incorrectly at the jail. It is installed in such a way that it would prevent people from breaking into the facility.
Posted by Mike from Dallas on March 18, 2010:
From the looks of a couple of them (3 & 6), it's definitely Happy Hour.