By PAVEL BAILEY

Tribune Staff Reporter

Pbailey@tribunemedia.net

AN INMATE was sentenced to an additional 15 months in prison on Friday after he admitted to having a phone smuggled to him by drone.

Police allege that Jason Joseph, 25, was found with a prohibited gray Unnecto cellphone with wired headphones on April 5.

The phone was reportedly smuggled into prison through the use of an aerial drone.

Joseph was serving a sentence for a prior firearm conviction.

Joseph pleaded guilty to a charge of possession of a prohibited item in a correctional facility before Magistrate Lennox Coleby.

Assistant Superintendent of Police Lincoln McKenzie called the offense unacceptable. He cited that the use of a drone in crime posed a risk to national security and that a strong message must be sent.

Joseph was sentenced to 15 months in prison. This sentence will commence after he finishes the remaining six months of his gun conviction.