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Women Smuggled Drugs, Phone to Inmate Serving Time for Murder, Agents Say

Officers say the pair tried to slip items in to a man serving a life-sentence for murder.

Columbia, SC (WLTX) - The South Carolina Department of Corrections has arrested two woman accused of trying to bring contraband into a prison.

Lashonda D. Kelly and Edith Moore James were arrested Saturday.

The Department of Corrections says that during visitation, they put the times in a white package that was placed under a tan and dark brown shawl. The inmate they were getting them for, Lord Shameal Allah, then took the items and hid them.

Allah is serving a life sentence for murder.

According to corrections officers,among the items they tried to bring in were pills, a smartphone, and an Amazon FireStick,

Both were booked into the Richland County jail.

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