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Police: Chaplain Tried To Smuggle Razor Blades Into City Jail
02/03/2010
By: NY1 News
A jails chaplain has been arrested and charged with bringing contraband into a Manhattan corrections facility.
Investigators say Imam Zul-Qarnin Shahid, 58, of Staten Island was taken into custody this morning after he tried to bring three straight razors and a pair of scissors into the Manhattan Detention Complex.
Police say the items were discovered inside a bag as it was going through an X-ray machine.
Shahid is facing several charges, including four counts of promoting prison contraband in the first degree.
Investigators say the Muslim cleric has been employed as a chaplain with the Department of Corrections since 2007.
If convicted, he faces up to seven years in prison.
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