Inmate Tried To Smuggle Pot Into Cook Co. Jail: Sheriff's Office

CHICAGO, IL — A Cook County Jail inmate is accused of trying to smuggle marijuana into the prison after the contraband had allegedly been left for him in an inmate-only hospital bathroom, according to the Cook County Sheriff's Office. Odell Calvin, 36, was indicted by a Cook County grand jury Tuesday and charged with attempting to bring pot into a prison.

According to the sheriff's office, Cook County correctional officers discovered a package with about 6 grams of a substance believed to be pot in an inmate-only bathroom at the hosptial. The package allegedly was slipped under the bathroom door by David Fuller, a 27-year-old Chicago man on parole following an aggravated battery conviction, the sheriff's office said.

An investigation found that Fuller allegedly had left the pot for Calvin, who had been at the Stroger Hospital for an appointment that day. Authorities claim he had planned to bring the marijuana to the jail.

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Last month, Fuller, of the 1900 block of South Drake Avenue in Chicago, was arrested and charged with attempting to bring marijuana into a prison. He was released on bond.

Calvin, who's from Chicago, has been in custody in Cook County Jail since 2015. That's when he was arrested on aggravated vehicular hijacking, armed robbery, armed habitual criminal and unlawful use of a weapon charges.

Odell Calvin (Photo via Cook County Sheriff's Office)