Milton prison smuggler sentenced as Florida cracks down on career criminals

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier visited the Santa Rosa County Correctional Institution near Milton Monday to tout a statewide crackdown on career criminals.

Highlighted at the press conference was an 81-year sentence recently handed down to Mario Crawford.

Crawford was busted for using a drone to deliver items that included drugs, razors and cellphones to inmates behind bars at the Santa Rosa prison.

He was convicted of the offenses March 12 in Escambia County.

Crawford had been convicted of 41 previous crimes, Uthmeier told those gathered.

“We are committed to prosecuting these people to the fullest extent of the law,” he said. “We’re going to throw the book at you.”

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