ALBANY — A New York National Guard member from Brooklyn has been arrested on charges of selling contraband to state prison inmates at Collins Correctional Facility in Erie County, a medium-security prison where a statewide prison strike began in February.
Law enforcement sources told the Times Union on Saturday that the National Guard member allegedly admitted he had supplied marijuana and other cellphones to inmates. A State Police source said there was also a plan in the works to smuggle razor blades into the facility, although that may have been thwarted.
Another law enforcement source said that a second National Guard member was interviewed by State Police investigators and that his car was searched…