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April 21, 2008

 

 


Jail inmate charged with sharpening toothbrush

KINGSTON – An inmate at the Ulster County Jail has been charged with promoting prison contraband in the first degree.

While incarcerated at the jail for criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree and endangering the welfare of a child, Alan Vacca, 54, fashioned a jail issued toothbrush into a sharp edge, which would be considered dangerou8s contraband, police said.

Vacca was arraigned in Kingston City court and remanded to the Ulster County Jail on $5,000 bail.