A drone carrying packages with cellphones inside flew over the fencing at Kern Valley State Prison before crashing.
A drone carrying packages with cellphones inside flew over lethal electrified perimeter fencing at a South Valley prison before crashing within the Delano facility this summer, according to a Bakersfield television station.
Citing recently-filed court documents, KGET, a local NBC affiliate, reported that staff at Kern Valley State Prison noticed an unknown object drop inside the Facility A yard on Aug. 30.
When the object was located, prison staff discovered a Phantom 4 Pro V2.0 drone attached with a pair of packages. Inside each package was two cellphones, chargers and with two Bluetooth earbuds, according to the warrant filed by prison investigators.
The drone was equipped with a camera and a releasing mechanism and had black electrical tape covering its lights, according to the warrant.
Kern Valley State Prison is a maximum security, Level IV prison that houses 4,600 male inmates, some of whom are considered as the state’s most problematic inmates.
