03-15-2010, 06:28 PM
Six enterprising inmates at the Osceola County Jail brewed homemade alcohol using fruit they hoarded and fermented within their cell walls, deputies said.
Inmates in corrections facilities across the United States often trade the homemade booze ââ¬â or "hooch" or "buck," as it is also known ââ¬â for cash, drugs, cigarettes or favors..........
......Officers found a large void behind the toilet paper holder that connected to the rear of the toilet paper holder of adjoining Cell 107.
Inmates Kevin Mark Alsen, Philip Wickham, Angel Portuondo, Wendell Elliott, Salvatore Czajak and Christopher Carter were removed from the two cells while they investigated the space behind the wall.
Inside the space, jail officials located a T-shaped pipe, several cigarette lighters and "a large plastic bag containing ââ¬Ëbuck'."
"The ââ¬Ëbuck' had not fully fermented yet and I was able to observe chunks of fruit still inside the plastic bag," a deputy from the Sheriff's Office wrote in his report
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Inmates in corrections facilities across the United States often trade the homemade booze ââ¬â or "hooch" or "buck," as it is also known ââ¬â for cash, drugs, cigarettes or favors..........
......Officers found a large void behind the toilet paper holder that connected to the rear of the toilet paper holder of adjoining Cell 107.
Inmates Kevin Mark Alsen, Philip Wickham, Angel Portuondo, Wendell Elliott, Salvatore Czajak and Christopher Carter were removed from the two cells while they investigated the space behind the wall.
Inside the space, jail officials located a T-shaped pipe, several cigarette lighters and "a large plastic bag containing ââ¬Ëbuck'."
"The ââ¬Ëbuck' had not fully fermented yet and I was able to observe chunks of fruit still inside the plastic bag," a deputy from the Sheriff's Office wrote in his report