WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ga. — Three people were arrested on Thursday by the Washington County Sheriff's Office in their attempt to sneak in contraband into the Washington State Prison, according to a release from Sheriff Joel Cochran.

Cochran said in a Facebook post that, on Thursday, around 1 p.m., deputies were told about two suspicious men near the prison.

The release said deputies, alongside the Davisboro Police Department, searched the area and found both. They also found a third person parked in a vehicle at a nearby church.

According to the release, Dominique Davis, 24, from Augusta, Christopher Colnel, 49 and Janisha Jordan, 27, both from Waynesboro, were arrested after an investigation.

"Thanks to the teamwork of our deputies and the Davisboro Police Department, this situation wa

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