COLUMBIA, SC (WSPA) – The state Department of Corrections Police Services announced Friday the arrest of a South Carolina man who reportedly tried to throw two footballs filled with contraband to a prisoner.
According to the SCDC news release, Rodney Tate, Jr., 21, of Gaffney, was arrested and charged with furnishing contraband to a prisoner and criminal conspiracy.
Tate reportedly tried to throw two footballs over a perimeter fence at Lee Correctional Institution that contained tobacco, a digital scale and cigar wrappers.
The Lee County Sheriff’s Office assisted in Tate’s arrest.
