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The examination of Muskingum Co. prison transactions leads to a conviction

Zanesville – one of two inhabitants in Nashport, of which the authorities used a money transfer app to support drugs while was detained, ten months after the death of an inmate of an overdose of fentanyl. The other stays in prison.

Dakota McCormick was no longer reacted to the district prison on May 7, 2024, which, according to an announcement by the Muskingum County public prosecutor, led to an investigation.

The investigators found that Antonio C. Cannada Sr. (44) and Chantay Lynn Dobbins (57) had arranged internal offers and received external payments via Dobbins' cash app account.

Cannada instructed Dobbins to do money for methamphetamine and fentanyl offers that were later confirmed by telephone calls, sleep videos and cash app records.

Cannada was charged with seven crimes: murder, a not classified crime; Involuntary homicide, first degree; Another with drugs, first degree; Illegal promotion of drugs, third degree; Money laundering, third degree; Fentanyl trade, fourth degree; and fentanyl ownership, fifth degrees, in January.

He was not guilty on February 5 and his bond was set at 1 million US dollars.

Dobbins recently appeared in court, where she guilty of a number of money laundering, a crime of third degrees.

Dobbins were sentenced to three years in prison and up to fines up to $ 10,000. There is an optional control after the publication of up to two years after their prison sentence. It is on a knowledge. Insmits cannot legally earn money in prison or in prison, the public prosecutor said. The only legal way to transfer money or transfer gifts is to use the commissioner system of a facility.

Transmission of money has made illegal drug purchases and illegal payments easier, which can lead to money laundering fees for those who help.

“This sad case shows how dangerous it can be if people help with illegal money transactions for inmates. Drug trade and auxiliary drug dealers take life,” said deputy prosecutor John Litle.

“This is just one of many cases we are working on. We go to friends, women, mothers, sisters and others who are connected to drug dealers in prison. We will all be accounted for inside or outside the prison,” he added.