Danbury Man Charged With Smuggling Phones into Prison

DANBURY, CT -- A Danbury man has been charged with smuggling phones into prison and making false statements.

Eric Williams, 37, an employee in the Food Service Department at the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury, of was charged with one count of providing contraband in prison and one count of making false statements.

Williams, of Danbury, was arrested Friday morning and appeared in Bridgeport Superior Court. He entered a plea of not guilty, and was released on a $50,000 bond.

Court documents allege that Williams attempted to smuggle four mobile phones and an electric beard trimmer into the prison by hiding the items in his hat as he entered the facility through the staff entrance. on July 9.

When a corrections officer arrived at the staff entrance to screen Williams for admission into the facility, Williams abandoned the attempt and left his hat containing the contraband in the entrance area. When a supervisory officer found the hat and asked Williams if it belonged to him, Williams denied that it was his hat.

If convicted of the charges, Williams faces a maximum term of imprisonment of six years.