Former jail worker sentenced for smuggling contraband
3/3/09 | 18 comments

Former jail worker sentenced for smuggling contraband


By Judy Harrison
BDN Staff
PHOTO BY KATE COLLINS
Lori Call, a former employee of the Mountain View Youth Development Center is seen here during her arraignment in Penobscot County Superior Court in Bangor on Friday, March 28, 2008. Call, 37, of Charleston, was sentenced Tuesday for furnishing alcohol and marijuana to youth at the center.

BANGOR, Maine - A former employee of the Mountain View Youth Development Center in Charleston and the Franklin County Jail in Farmington was sentenced Tuesday in Penobscot County Superior Court to two years with all but six months suspended.

Lori Call, 37, formerly of Charleston pleaded guilty just prior to her sentencing to smuggling contraband into both facilities when she worked at them in 2007 and 2008.

She admitted bringing alcohol and marijuana to the juveniles being held at the Charleston facility and attempting to smuggle a narcotic pill to an inmate in Farmington.

Superior Court Justice Michaela Murphy also sentenced Call to two years of probation after she completes her sentence. Conditions of Call’s probation include no alcohol or drug use, random testing for their use and counseling for mental health issues.

Call, now lives in Middleborough, Mass., with family and her two daughters. She will be allowed to serve her probation in that state. Call is expected to serve four months in the Penobscot County Jail after the two months she was held last year until bail could be arranged are applied to her sentence.

She faced a maximum of five years in prison and a fine of up to $5,000.

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On 3/3/09 at 4:10 PM, solothoughts wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

Unbelievable, an adult can furnish illegal drugs, alcohol and pills and get 6 months. We all wonder why there is a huge drug problem..They get away with it!

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On 3/3/09 at 4:28 PM, cookiecrumbles wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

sickening...would the sentence have been harsher if it was a man? Would he have been released to his children in another state?

This women is a mother?

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On 3/3/09 at 4:39 PM, Bangorian wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

Wow - this is pretty deplorable. I hope that child protective services is involved with her family and watching those kids. This is some seriously poor judgement.

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On 3/3/09 at 5:14 PM, Beelzebubba wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

She's kinda cute...wouldn't mind helping her smuggle some salami...

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On 3/3/09 at 5:34 PM, sickntired wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

A mother, a woman, working for the justice system, mental health issues... waaaaaaaa. Of course she is going to get off easy. You probably too late Beelzebubba..... the judge probably involved in a little salami smuggling.

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On 3/3/09 at 6:33 PM, captain_obvious wrote: Click here to view hidden comment         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden
On 3/3/09 at 6:33 PM, captain_obvious wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

kids are shipped off to THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS

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On 3/3/09 at 7:03 PM, dkenzie77 wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

wow caption obvious has a little attitude that needs to be adjusted

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On 3/3/09 at 7:20 PM, getitdone wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

sickntired the judge is a woman, another case of crack smoking.

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On 3/3/09 at 7:38 PM, taxedtodeath1 wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

I think the guards are the ones that need the daily strip search from the sounds of it.

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On 3/3/09 at 7:40 PM, seeult wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

a man would get ten.

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On 3/3/09 at 7:41 PM, seeult wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden
On 3/3/09 at 8:31 PM, USMC1971 wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

Good help is hard to find these days. Then again, its not a job I would want. Saying she has issues doesn't even touch the tip of her iceberg.

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On 3/3/09 at 8:42 PM, eastmainer wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

The article doesn't say what her position was at the facility. Is this the kind of person who is helping our delinqent children rehabilitate themselves ? So this woman is going to spend only two more months in jail ???? Unbelievable ! She furnished alcohol and marijuana to juveniles and that's all she gets and then she gets to spend her probabtion home in Massachusettes with her two children . Seems like our justice system doesn't think this is any big deal.

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On 3/4/09 at 11:15 AM, KrazyK wrote: Click here to view hidden comment         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden
On 3/4/09 at 5:33 PM, bruno1 wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

Very sick woman! If she was a guard, how did she ever get a job in the Franklin county jail after that????? She should be in alot longer than 4 months! I agree with the guy that asked the question about the security practices at that place! I feel bad for her kids and her parents. They will be ridiculed for life. The fact that he was a minor, and she is 37 just makes me sick! They should have thrown the book at her and by not doing so, what is the message they are sending to the rest of the guards that work there???

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On 3/5/09 at 8:29 AM, tdoverfoxcroft wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

i know who this is...her kids went to school with mine...she has 2 kids in highschool...what a sick beotch

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On 3/5/09 at 2:37 PM, Hampden1 wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

HELLO!

Doesn't the State of Maine conduct background checks? I recently renewed my concealed weapons permit which I've had for years now. They told me it would take 4-6 weeks due to the background checking process. After signing a dozen forms of authorization and paying the fee it went in for processing. My Point is this "IT" has now worked for TWO State Agencies as a Public Servant doing illegal activity. How many more Losers are actually employed at these facilties and doing illegal activity daily?? Now That's Scary!!

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