TDOC Makes Contraband Arrest

Posted by Correction on Thursday, October 9th, 2008

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - Internal Affairs agents with the Department of Correction have arrested a Chattannoga woman suspected of smuggling loaded guns into a Tennessee Prison. Tiara Monique Ward, 27, is charged with Introduction of Contraband into a Penal Facility. She is being held at the Morgan County Jail.

Investigators discovered two weapons inside a package delivered to the Morgan County Correctional Complex on September 17, 2008. An investigation shows Ward mailed the loaded guns to the Wartburg prison after hiding hem inside a box filled with board games and books.

More arrests could come. The investigation is on going.

photo of Tiara Monique Ward

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