From The Trussville Tribune staff reports
ATMORE — A Fountain Correctional Facility correctional officer was arrested on Thursday after an attempt to smuggle contraband into the prison was discovered, according to WIAT.
ALDOC agents arrested Tony Williams, 34; multiple packages containing 10 cell phones were found on him.
WIAT reported that the search of Williams was initiated by a K9 unit being alerted and that Williams confessed to attempting to smuggle in the contraband for payment from inmates.
Williams was booked into the Escambia County Jail, according to WIAT.