Man Pleads Guilty to Possession of Prison Contraband

St. Croix, USVI – Delroy Woods, 24, pleaded guilty today in District Court on St. Croix to one count of possession of prison contraband, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced.

As part of his plea, Woods admitted that on May 7, 2013, officers of the Virgin Islands Bureau of Corrections (BOC) found a shank or homemade knife hidden in a mattress inside a cell solely occupied by Woods at the Golden Grove Adult Correctional Facility on St. Croix. Woods was an inmate at the facility at the time.

Woods is facing a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. A date for sentencing has not been set.

This case was investigated by the BOC and United States Drug Enforcement Administration. It is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Rami S. Badawy.