CLEARFIELD – Two inmates accused in a drug smuggling case at the Clearfield County Jail waived their rights to preliminary hearings before Magisterial District Judge James Hawkins during Centralized Court on Wednesday at the CCJ.
Denny Lee Daub Jr., 24, of Curwensville is facing charges of contraband/controlled substance; possession of controlled substance, contraband/inmate; intentional possession of controlled substance by person not registered; and manufacture, delivery or possession with intent to manufacture or deliver controlled substance.
Christopher Scott Irwin, 24, of Reynoldsville has been charged with possession of controlled substance contraband/inmate and intentional possession of controlled substance by person not registered.
Daub and Irwin are incarcerated at the CCJ in lieu of $50,000 and $25,000 bail, respectively.
According to the affidavits of probable cause, Sgt. Thomas Young, a corrections officer at the CCJ, tested an inmate, Irwin, for drugs as part of protocol before his release. Irwin tested positive for Suboxone and had not been prescribed any medications during his incarceration at the CCJ. He’d been incarcerated since March 4 for retail theft.
When interviewed by the assistant warden, Irwin said he’d taken a Subutex on April 2. He had obtained the Subutex from Daub, who brought it into the CCJ on April 2 when he was booked on a bench warrant. Jail officials went to Daub’s cell and questioned him. He then turned over a small, white plastic bottle that contained two Suboxone strips. Daub said he’d smuggled the bottle into the jail via a body cavity.
Jail officials turned the bottle and Suboxone over to Clearfield Borough police.
On April 8, Daub was interviewed by police and admitted to bringing Suboxone into the CCJ. He said on April 2, he had two packages of Suboxone in a white, plastic bottle that he had in his underwear. He said he was searched by sheriff’s deputies at the time of his arrest, and they didn’t locate it. Daub said he was searched again upon arrival at the CCJ, where the guards also didn’t locate the Suboxone.
Daub was then placed in a holding cell. While in the cell, he placed the white, plastic bottle in a body cavity to hide it, as he was afraid the Suboxone would be found when he was taken into the block.
While in the block, Daub said he met Irwin, another inmate, who told him he couldn’t sleep as he was going to be released the next day. Daub then gave Irwin a strip (dose) of Suboxone.
On April 8, Irwin was interviewed by police at which time he admitted to receiving the Suboxone strip from Daub, who he’d met while incarcerated at the CCJ. Irwin said he’d taken the Suboxone to help him sleep, as he was being released the next day from the CCJ.