Ex-Cleveland resident sentenced for using drone to drop phones into private prison

CLEVELAND, Ohio — A former Cleveland resident was sentenced to six months in prison Monday for using a drone to drop cellphones and tobacco to inmates at a private prison.

Jason Totty, 37, now living in Arizona, crashed his drone in February 2021 after he flew it into the Northeast Ohio Correctional Center in Youngstown.

U.S. District Judge David Ruiz handed down the prison sentence, along with one year on post-prison supervision…

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