Jail inmate accused of supplying contraband

Published 2:38 pm Thursday, May 26, 2016

Robert Chandler pleaded not guilty Thursday, May 26, to a charge of supplying contraband while in the Grant County Jail.

Chandler, escorted by a jail deputy, appeared in Grant County Circuit Court Thursday, and his attorney, Robert Raschio, entered a not-guilty plea and requested a 12-person jury trial.

Judge William D. Cramer Jr. accepted the plea and set the one-day trial date as the first alternate for July 13 or the prime case Aug. 10. He said he would be willing to reconsider the prime date if Chandler was unable to appear due to work.

A grand jury indictment May 23 accused Chandler of one count of Supplying Contraband, a class C felony, for making, obtaining or possessing “Pruno, a beverage containing alcohol, while confined in Grant County Jail.”

According to the jail roster, Chandler was booked into the March 30 for a probation violation. His scheduled release date is July 23.