TEXAS, USA — A Texas man has pleaded responsible to flying a drone loaded with medication and different contraband right into a Fort Value correctional facility, U.S. Lawyer for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham introduced.

Bryant LeRay Henderson, 42, of Smithville, was arrested and charged in August 2022 with one depend of making an attempt to offer contraband in jail, one depend of serving as an airman with out an airman’s certificates, and one depend of possession with intent to distribute a managed substance, officers say.

On Wednesday, Oct. 6, Henderson pleaded responsible to a prison data charging one depend of try to offer contraband to a prisoner.

In line with court docket paperwork, Henderson admitted to flying a drone full of contraband, together with methamphetamine, THC, tobacco, cellphones and mp3 gamers into the airspace of FMC Fort Value – a federal correctional heart within the south a part of town.

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Surveillance video captured the second his SUV entered a close-by car parking zone, him eradicating the drone and launching it earlier than driving away from the scene on Might 4, 2022.

The drone reportedly crashed inside a safe fenced-in yard close to the jail’s HVAC store, the place jail workers recovered it.

Officers stated it took two weeks to trace down the SUV, wherein legislation enforcement discovered Henderson’s debit automotive, a drone controller and equipment, smartphones, tobacco merchandise and vacuum-packed containers with steroid labels linked to a fishing line and a key ring.

If convicted, Henderson faces as much as 20 years in jail.