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Loaded on Jan. 15, 2013 published in Prison Legal News January, 2013, page 50
Filed under: News, News in Brief. Location: United States of America.
Arkansas: While held at the Independence County jail, Michael Dennis Grubbs was charged with theft and breaking and entering after he reportedly used a comb to pick the lock to the property room and stole items belonging to other prisoners. Jail officials searched Grubbs’ cell after reviewing surveillance camera footage, ...

 

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