Inmate Was Hiding Baggie In Buttocks, Swallowed It: Sheriff

WAUKEGAN, IL — An inmate at Lake County Sheriff’s Correctional Officers was arrested after police found a small baggie of an unknown substance he was hiding on July 4, according to a release from the Lake County Sheriff's Office. Tony Howard, 33, had been booked late in the day of July 3.

Police said around 1 a.m. on July 4 they did a secondary search of Howard. During the search, they found the small baggie "wedged in his buttocks," the release said.

Police ordered him to turn it over. "Instead, Howard removed the baggie from his buttocks and quickly swallowed it," the release said.

Howard, of Round Lake, was then taken to Vista East Medical Center for evaluation because police didn't know what was in the baggie. He was then released back to custody of the sheriff's corrections officers.

Howard was charged with one count of obstructing justice, a class four felony.

Howard is next due in court on July 10.