According to court documents, authorities discovered burnt wicks, a damaged tablet battery, and tiny bits of paper that tested positive for synthetic marijuana in the cell of a guy convicted of killing men in Harrisburg. As a result, officials brought fresh charges against the defendant.
Following a search of his cell on March 13, 37-year-old Jeremy Bailey was charged with a second-degree felony for carrying a controlled drug. After testing revealed the presence of prohibited narcotics, charges were filed on July 29.
After being convicted of a double homicide in 2022, Bailey was housed at Dauphin County Prison. Prosecutors claimed that one of his targets was a competing narcotics dealer. An innocent bystander was the other.
Bailey’s lawyer claimed in court that he and Leonard Quattlebaum, 30, had a street feud over who was allowed to sell marijuana out of their North Street building. Bailey made two unsuccessful attempts to shoot Quattlebaum outside the USA Fried Chicken at 13th and Derry Streets on April 2, 2022, according to the prosecution. He killed 39-year-old Nelbenson Melvin Sanchez, an innocent bystander, the second time.
Bailey then apprehended Quattlebaum and shot him to death.
On November 1, he was found guilty.
Bailey was recently charged with drugs by the Criminal Investigation Division of the Dauphin County District Attorney’s Office. This is what they claim occurred:
On March 13, at around 8 a.m., a female prison officer passed Bailey’s cell multiple times while on a block round and smelled smoke emanating from it. Bailey was strip searched, forced to give a urine sample, then removed from the cell by a male correctional officer she summoned.
Suboxone and buprenorphine (BUP), an opioid frequently used to treat heroin addiction or opiod dependency, were detected in the urine. Suboxone, which is also used to treat opioid addiction, may contain it as an active ingredient. Both drugs have the potential to provide euphoric effects if abused.
In Bailey’s cell, officers say they discovered several burnt wicks, a damaged tablet battery, a fragment of a broken tablet, numerous pieces of paper with names and phone numbers, and tiny pieces of paper that may have contained drugs.
Traces of spice, a name for synthetic marijuana, were discovered during a detection device check. The state police laboratory received the pieces of paper and discovered two synthetic cannabinoids: 5-fluoro-ADB and MDMB-4en-PINACA.
Officers relocated Bailey to the P block of restricted housing units for lock-in the day after they searched his cell.
He is currently incarcerated at Houtzdale State Correctional Institution.
All tablets belonging to inmates residing in the P3–P6 restricted housing units were confiscated by Dauphin County Prison personnel in June. At the time, Dauphin County Commissioner Justin Douglas told PennLive that the reason for the seizures was that individuals were breaking the tablets so they could use the batteries to light drugs.
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