Jammal Raheim McLellan
Two men are charged with using a drone to drop various contraband items into Evans Correctional.
According to Investigator Clay Anderson, the Marlboro County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division responded to Evans Correctional Institution on Aug. 15 about a drone sighting.
Officers at Evans Correctional Institution said a drone flew over the prison and dropped packages of contraband. Correctional Officers and Investigators with the Marlboro County Sheriff’s Office located Jammal Raheim McLellan, 27, of Dillon, and Seneca Vaquint Brown, 28, of Marion, crouched down, hiding in an agricultural field behind the prison.
Prison officials recovered contraband packages with various escape tools, cell phones, tobacco, chargers, and lighters.
McLellan and Brown were arrested and transported to the Marlboro County Detention Center where they were charged with trespassing and furnishing or attempt to furnish a prisoner(s) with contraband. Both Mclellan and Brown were given $25,000 surety bonds.