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    Inmate Gets Longer Sentence for Making “Homemade Weapon”

    By Sascha Nixon,

    2024-06-21

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    TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — A Georgia man currently imprisoned in Terre Haute is now facing an additional 2.5 years behind bars for creating a weapon while in prison.

    Javon Britton has been at the Terre Haute Federal Correctional Complex since 2017, as part of an 11.5-year sentence. He was convicted of robbery and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence in 2015.

    But, another 32 months have now been added to his initial sentence, as officers caught him with a “homemade weapon” in 2019.

    According to the Department of Justice, prison staff found the “improvised” device – which was essentially a padlock attached to a belt – in Britton’s pocket after he tried to bring it with him through a metal detector.

    They say he ran but was soon “tackled by multiple officers.”

    The post Inmate Gets Longer Sentence for Making “Homemade Weapon” appeared first on WIBC 93.1 FM .

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