SAYRE, OK (1010 WINS) -- Authorities say a woman used a T-shirt cannon to send drugs and cell phones over the fence at an Oklahoma prison.
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Kerri Jo Hickman was caught with a T-shirt gun and a package in her vehicle, police say. KOTV reports, one of the packages launched into the prison contained cell phones, ear buds, phone chargers, methamphetamine, digital scales, marijuana, and tobacco.
#ICYMI - Eagle-eyed COs at NFCC in Sayre saw Kerri Hickman using a T-shirt cannon Sunday to launch contraband over the medium-security prison's fence. Novel approach - bad idea. She's facing more felony charges. Thanks to @OHPDPS for helping us catch her. https://t.co/ruj7y3VSlm pic.twitter.com/wSeqFF09Dz
— Oklahoma DOC (@OklaDOC)
March 15, 2019 The incident prompted a lockdown at North Fork Correctional Unit.
Hickman was charged with introducing contraband into a penal institution, conspiracy, and drug trafficking.
