Posted on 10/29/2015 9:11:34 AM PDT by JoeProBono
MCALESTER, Okla., - The Oklahoma Department of Corrections said an aerial drone found crashed at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary contained drugs, hacksaw blades and a cellphone.
The department said staff at the McAlester prison discovered the unmanned aerial vehicle upside down on the prison grounds about 9 a.m. Monday and the corrections officers determined it apparently hit the razor wire surrounding the facility and lost control.
A package connected to the UAV with fishing line contained a pair of 12-inch hacksaw blades, a cellphone, a cellphone battery, a hands-free device, two packages of Newport Cigarettes, two packages of Black & Mild cigars, two tubes of super glue, a 5.3 ounce bag containing marijuana, a 0.8 ounce bag containing methamphetamine and a bag containing less than 1 gram of heroin.
"I applaud and commend the quick action and diligence on the part of the staff who noticed the UAV that entered the prison grounds," DOC Director Robert Patton said.
"We are continuing to take a broad approach to increasing awareness in dealing with contraband at all of our facilities statewide. We must maintain vigilance and stay one step ahead of the game in terms of the technology being used in and around facilities. Nothing is off the table when we are talking about the safety of the public, staff and offenders being housed in our facilities."
The drugs and cigarettes I understand, but what’s up with the hacksaw blades? :-)
I guess some want to physically escape, some just want to mentally escape, some want to fix their broken pottery, and others just want the cool refreshing taste of menthol.
Black flag operation to convince the public we need to license all 'drones'??
LOL!
Hey... aren’t those Harbor Freight hacksaw blades? What’s the use?
Someone sent a package from Amazon, containing a drone to my daughter’s house. It addressed to her husband but she opened it. There was no receipt or bill of lading in the box. She called Amazon and asked who sent it and they said that it was a woman that she never heard of. Her husband says that he doesn’t know the woman, either.
Why would a stranger send such an expensive package?
Also used to make tools to open locks. (I understand...)
/johnny
Be glad it wasn’t C4
It’s part of a fraud scam. The perps purchase items online using stolen credit cards, then have them shipped to innocent third parties. There’s supposed to be someone monitoring the delivery, and they grab it from in front of the house before the homeowner gets it. Sounds like someone in the ring screwed up.
Yeah, the package was delivered to a locked box, not dropped in front of the door.
Thanks.
If they were smart they wouldn’t be thieves.
I agree with the likely cause. I had friend in a similar situation, but he was the one providing the credit card number, unfortunately.
Its his mistress that who
Not sure if this is similar, but, my best friend received over $600 in electronics from Amazon that someone had send using my friend’s credit card. Apparently, they were going to try to pick the package up from my friends doorstep before my friend found it. My friend found it first.
I think that is probably what happened. Something like that, anyway. I advised her to just return the package. Tell them that it was refused and let Amazon try to refund the money. Amazon had the drone on sale for $400.00.
That was my first concern. I think that my daughter was thinking the same thing.
You know what? She has a bunch of Russians living next door that share the drop box with her. It could even be them. She just got to the box before they did.
Is your daughter certain her husband's credit/debit card info hasn't been stolen somewhere? Or even a card taken out in her husband's name (ID theft)? Thieves have been doing this for quite a while. Get your data, get a card in your name, have stuff shipped to your address, pick it up from your property before you get home. Sounds like she got it before they did. Even if it was in her name, was your husband's information used to purchase it (again, back to ID theft).
I'd recommend they get credit reports on themselves.
She called Amazon and they said that the package was sent by someone named Michelle Young and it wasn’t on her Prime account. I guess she should check her credit cards, though.
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