Once released, Austin will be on supervised probation for three years. Wilson also sentenced Austin to a consecutive three years in state prison for the conspiracy charge, but suspended all of it. Wilson said he was "not crazy about it," but agreed to the sentence recommended by the attorney general's office in the plea deal.įor the telecommunications device charge, Austin was sentenced to 5 years in state prison with all suspended but 90 days and credit for 71 days already served. Senior Assistant Attorney General Jared Albert told Wilson earlier that supply and demand in a prison can multiply a contraband item's worth by 10 or 100 times its street value, often leading to fights, disputes and violence. "What you did served to exacerbate the situation" and create more danger, Wilson told Austin. Those in danger include correctional officers and other staff who might be called on to stop such actions. Wilson said the "lives of everyone in a prison are constantly under threat."Īdding items of value to that environment can put everyone there in danger because someone might use physical means to take such items, Wilson said. Wilson, referencing Austin's comment about a "misunderstanding," asked Austin if he had ever been in a state prison, even on a tour. One of the drones authorities confiscated from a months-long investigation, which started in 2022, into smuggling contraband into Roxbury Correctional Institution south of Hagerstown.Īustin apologized to the court during his plea hearing Wednesday morning in Washington County Circuit Court.
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