
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: DORINDA CARTER October 9, 2008 615-741-1000, EXT. 8144 (OFFICE) 877-909-5128 (PAGER)
TDOC MAKES CONTRABAND ARREST
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - Internal Affairs agents with the Department of Correction have arrested a Chattannoga woman suspected of smuggling loaded guns into a Tennessee Prison. Tiara Monique Ward, 27, is charged with Introduction of Contraband into a Penal Facility. She is being held at the Morgan County Jail.
Investigators discovered two weapons inside a package delivered to the Morgan County Correctional Complex on September 17, 2008. An investigation shows Ward mailed the loaded guns to the Wartburg prison after hiding them inside a box filled with board games and books.
More arrests could come. The investigation is on going.