(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – This Oct. 17, 2023 file photo shows the Allegheny County Jail in Pittsburgh. The Allegheny County jail could significantly increase its mental health staffing and provide more training about use of force and restraint after five inmates alleged that the Pennsylvania facility treats those with mental illness unfairly, under proposed settlement filed Tuesday, March 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Allegheny County, PA) Three men are now facing charges of criminal conspiracy, contraband and criminal use of a communication facility because a scheme to smuggle contraband into the Allegheny County Jail was busted after police said they found a Dorito bag containing drugs in the bathroom of a magistrate’s office. According to Allegheny County police, detectives last month learned about plans between 31-year-old Tyreace Platt and 39-year-old Chaz Coles to smuggle synthetic cannabinoids, also known as K2, into the jail, where they were incarcerated. Detectives confirmed that they reviewed jail records on Monday that indicated Platt and Coles were working with someone outside of the jail. Police stated that the duo planned to get this man to put drugs in a bathroom at a local magistrate’s office on Tuesday, which was when Coles was scheduled to appear for a preliminary hearing. Around 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, police note that detectives went to the magistrate’s office and saw 33-year-old Tyrique Craighead arrive and go into the bathroom. After he left, police said detectives went in and searched the bathroom. Detectives expressed that they found an open bag of Doritos that appeared to contain “multiple items of suspected contraband.” and police also discovered that there were multiple pieces of rolled paper in the bathroom, which tested positive for synthetic cannabinoids.  Police noted that Craighead was taken into custody.