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Bonner charged for contraband
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A man has been charged with trying to smuggle contraband into Warren County Jail in his socks.The suspect, Clifton Dale Bonner, 35, was bound to the grand jury on charges of fabricating evidence and introduction of drugs into the county jail.His charges come after a search of his person was conducted by correctional officer David Baker before he was to be placed in general population to serve time on other charges. Baker had gotten information Bonner would try to smuggle banned items into the jail.“I confronted Mr. Bonner and advised him of the information I’d received,” Baker said in his warrant against Bonner. “He admitted he had a small amount of tobacco on the bottom of his foot and removed it.”The officer then noticed something between Bonner’s fingers.