The Alabama Department of Corrections made a contraband arrest of Jesse Mainor last week near Fountain Correctional Facility in Atmore.

During a routine patrol, a K-9 officer noticed a suspicious vehicle on Poarch Creek property adjacent to Fountain.

The vehicle entered state property, and a suspect, later identified as Mainor, exited the vehicle. As the officer approached, Mainor got back in the vehicle and fled. The officer, backed up by another K-9 officer and the Poarch Police Department, pursued the suspect for approximately five miles. The pursuit ended when the suspect entered a dead-end road and surrendered.

Mainor was found to have one drone. A second drone and a backpack containing contraband were discovered at the initial site where Mainor was spotted. Mainor allegedly had tw

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