Jail inmate returning from work detail charged after tobacco, lighter found in his underwear

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A Mountain Home man has been charged in connection with an incident in late January when two packages were discovered outside the Mountain Home Food Basket believed to have been left for an inmate on work detail.

Online court records filed this week indicate 42-year-old Richard Burger has been charged with a felony offense of furnishing prohibited articles.

According to a report at the Baxter County Sheriff’s Office filed in late January, food basket personnel alerted law enforcement to the discovery of the packages.

Officers unwrapped the packages to find two unopened cans of tobacco in one and loose leaf tobacco, a lighter and more than two dozen oval pills in the second one.

After examining the packages and removing the pills, the bundles were returned to the locations where they were found.

Officers parked to observe the packages and later saw the work detail inmate, identified as Burger, retrieve one of them.

When Burger returned to the Baxter County Detention Center, the retrieved bag was located inside his underwear.

Online jail records indicate Burger has been incarcerated since Dec. 31st on charges of non payment of child support and fines.

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