A Kansas inmate set fire to hemorrhoid cream to create a hole in his jail window to smuggle drugs, according to an affidavit filed in Sedgwick County District Court.
The affidavit uncovered details behind “a planned riot” at the Sedgwick County Jail in Wichita, Kansas. After the window was broken on July 17, the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office launched an investigation that revealed so many crimes inside the jail that 169 deputies were sent to search the entire facility, Sheriff Jeff Easter said at a news conference.
The court document details an interview with the unidentified inmate who broke the window. He agreed to tell a detective the “full story” if he was moved out of the county for his safety, which the Sheriff’s Office agreed to.
The inmate said he was being harassed by the Vato Loco Boys (VLB) street gang for about a month. He had created about 20 scions with metal outlet covers and door plates for the VLBs, which he gave them in return of protection in prison, he said.
Finally, the inmate was transferred to a different cell. The window of this cell could not be seen from the door and faced no obstacles on the outside. A “riot planner” ordered him to cut a hole in the window and threatened to kill him if he refused, he said.
The inmate explained that he “started to make the hole in the window by lighting up hemorrhoids and melting window plastic,” according to the affidavit. This process took about three and a half hours.
While he was burning the window, the inmate was caught by jail officer Dustin Barnett. The officer said the inmate was “going to get caught and eventually get into trouble,” then left and did not do another round.
Once the window was softened, the inmate used a metal pipe and a food tray to pierce it, he said.
Another inmate had arranged for someone to put two cell phones and drugs through the hole. One woman brought “contraband to the window,” which the inmates brought in using a “ripped sheet rope.”
According to the affidavit, Agent Burnett saw all the inmates as they put items into the cell, but walked away once more. One person told the inmate that Burnett “was also profiting from this,” he added.
Burnett has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to smuggle drugs into a correctional facility, attempted smuggling of contraband into a correctional facility, and official misconduct.
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