ZANESVILLE, Ohio (WCMH) — Two men, one from Columbus and one from Zanesville, were among over a dozen suspects convicted in connection to the largest prison drug conspiracy case in Ohio’s history.
According to the Muskingum County Prosecutor’s Office, Norman Whiteside of Columbus and Justin Alexander of Zanesville were found guilty of their involvement in a statewide prison drug smuggling operation, the largest in Ohio’s history.
Whiteside, 71, was found guilty of engaging in pattern of corrupt activity, drug trafficking, illegal conveyance of drugs into a prison, and money laundering. Alexander was convicted of trafficking in methamphetamine, trafficking in cocaine, conspiracy to manufacture drugs, trafficking and possession of Pinaca and Butinaca substances, multiple counts of, illegal conveyance, and 40 counts of money laundering.
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The charges against Whiteside revolved around an “attorney control number,” which is a safety protocol used by the prison system to provide inmates privacy in their legal mail, while also preventing legal mail from being used as a means for sending and receiving drug-soaked paper into the building…