PRISON DRUG OPERATION
IN SOUTHEAST OHIO, A MUSKINGUM COUNTY JUDGE HAS ADDED THREE DECADES TO ONE INMATES SENTENCE FOR HIS ROLE IN A MASSIVE PRISON DRUG SCHEME.
MUSKINGUM (MUSS-KING-UMM) COUNTY JUDGE MARK FLEEGLE (FLEE-GULL) HAS ADDED 33 YEARS TO THE PRISON SENTENCE OF 47-YEAR-OLD JUSTIN ALEXANDER IN WHAT IS BEING CALLED THE LARGEST DRUG CONSPIRACY CASE IN OHIO HISTORY. ALEXANDER WAS CONVICTED OF RUNNING AN ELABORATE STATEWIDE NARCOTICS NETWORK THAT SMUGGLED DRUGS INTO MULTIPLE CORRECTIONS FACILITIES. HIS CREW INCLUDED 16 OTHERS AND USED DRUG-SOAKED PAPER OR "TOON" WHICH WAS THEN CUT UP AND SOLD INSIDE. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN PROFIT WERE GENERATED. NO INMATE DEATHS WERE REPORTED.