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Officials: Inmate used body cavity to smuggle tiny gun into jail
WHDH Television ^
| March 5, 2021
| Frank O'Laughlin
Posted on 05/05/2021 5:38:17 PM PDT by L.A.Justice
(WHDH) — An inmate is facing a slew of new charges after officials say she used a body cavity to smuggle a tiny gun into a jail where she was being housed.
Amy Natasha Wilhite, 39, of Moberly, Missouri, was arrested Wednesday on a charge of delivery or possession of a weapon at a county jail, according to the Boone County Sheriff’s Office.
Wilhite, who was initially booked into the Boone County Jail following a drugs and firearms arrest on Valentine’s Day, got the attention of detention staff when they learned she may be in possession of a weapon.
She had been subject to a search last month but no firearm was found. Several subsequent strip and pat searches also proved unsuccessful.
When staff searched Wilhite’s personal belongings on Wednesday, they recovered a North American Arms .22 caliber revolver, according to the sheriff’s office.
“It is believed Wilhite had the very small revolver concealed within a body cavity when she was brought into the Boone County Jail,” the sheriff’s office wrote in a news release. “At some time after being incarcerated at the Boone County Jail it is believed Wilhite removed the firearm from her body and concealed it within her personal belongings.”
The revolver is said to be about 4 inches in length, 2.38 inches width, with a weight of just 4.6 ounces.
TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: missouri
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To: L.A.Justice
No need to state the obvious.
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posted on
05/05/2021 5:40:40 PM PDT
by
OKSooner
("Burn-Loot-Murder, the Post-American Urban Triathlon.")
To: L.A.Justice
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posted on
05/05/2021 5:40:53 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
To: L.A.Justice
The cops confiscated the gun, but left the Ford F150 parked next to it.
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posted on
05/05/2021 5:43:11 PM PDT
by
PGR88
To: L.A.Justice
THAT is 39? She must have done a LOT of meth to look that old at 39.
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posted on
05/05/2021 5:46:23 PM PDT
by
EvilCapitalist
(I voted for prosperity, and I got poverty.)
To: PGR88
I notice that the guy displaying the firearm is wearing gloves. Smart.
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posted on
05/05/2021 5:47:05 PM PDT
by
Chainmail
(Remember - that half the people you meet are below average intelligence)
To: EvilCapitalist
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posted on
05/05/2021 5:48:10 PM PDT
by
Lurkinanloomin
(Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
To: L.A.Justice
Leave the gun AND the cannoli…
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posted on
05/05/2021 5:58:37 PM PDT
by
gov_bean_ counter
(Lift the rim. You’re not that good a shot.)
To: L.A.Justice
In addition the gun they also found two cartons of Marlboros, a PlayStation 4, and a 40 ounce jar of Skippy’s Extra Crunchy peanut butter.
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posted on
05/05/2021 5:58:37 PM PDT
by
sageburn
To: L.A.Justice
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posted on
05/05/2021 6:00:54 PM PDT
by
Az Joe
(FREE CHAUVIN!)
To: OKSooner
> No need to state the obvious.
Was it a front or a rear loading weapon?
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posted on
05/05/2021 6:01:35 PM PDT
by
glorgau
To: sageburn
Like throwing a hotdog down a hallway.
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posted on
05/05/2021 6:03:32 PM PDT
by
EvilCapitalist
(I voted for prosperity, and I got poverty.)
To: L.A.Justice
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posted on
05/05/2021 6:04:13 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. L)
To: L.A.Justice
Ah...she's in the old "Hole In The Wall Gang". (Or is that the "Wall In The Hole Gang"?)

To: L.A.Justice
39 on drugs, appears over 60.
And they wouldnt pay me enough to get that gun from her clown hole.
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posted on
05/05/2021 6:13:11 PM PDT
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Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
To: L.A.Justice
They obviously don't use one of these at that facility. This thing will detect a paperclip shoved up your, um, wherever.
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posted on
05/05/2021 6:17:13 PM PDT
by
Nik Naym
(It's not my fault... I have compulsive smart-ass disorder. )
To: Nik Naym
Gahhh! Sorry about the size.
(hangs head in shame...)
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posted on
05/05/2021 6:17:57 PM PDT
by
Nik Naym
(It's not my fault... I have compulsive smart-ass disorder. )
To: L.A.Justice
She’s lucky it didn’t go off half-cocked.
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posted on
05/05/2021 6:19:22 PM PDT
by
TheCipher
(To my mind Judas Iscariot was nothing but a low, mean, premature Congressman. - Mark Twain)
To: L.A.Justice
I pity the person who had to go after it.
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posted on
05/05/2021 6:21:47 PM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(“Unlimited power in the hands of limited people always leads to cruelty.” ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn,)
To: L.A.Justice
Aaaameeeee, watcha gonna do?
You thought, no one had tried that, too.
You’ll be in the pokey, for longer, this is true...🎶
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posted on
05/05/2021 6:22:07 PM PDT
by
Jane Long
(America, Bless God....blessed be the Nation 🙏🏻🇺🇸)
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