An inmate's planned release from the La Crosse County, WI. Jail was stymied Tuesday because a sheriff's investigator claimed he found eight bags of cocaine in the man's rectum.
According to court records, Marcus J. Thomas, 20, of La Crosse was due to be released after he entered pleas in four open cases. He had been in jail since Feb. 7.
Before Thomas was released, however, sheriff's investigator Fritz Leinfelder came looking for drugs.
Leinfelder said he was tipped off that Thomas had eight rocks of cocaine he was trying to smuggle out of the jail.
Thomas, who was charged Wednesday with one count of possession of cocaine with intent to deliver, agreed to let the investigator search him, the complaint said.
Leinfelder said in the complaint that Thomas cooperated fully until he asked Thomas to lower his jail uniform pants.
Thomas refused and Leinfelder was forced to get a judge to give him permission to search the lower half of Thomas' body, according to the complaint.
With a search warrant in hand, Leinfelder continued his search and reported finding drugs.
Thomas told investigators the drugs were not his and he was only told to deliver it to a girl who was outside the county jail, according to the complaint.
Thomas eventually removed eight rocks of cocaine, weighing a total of 4.5 grams, from his body.
During a court hearing Wednesday, La Crosse County Circuit Judge Dennis Montabon ordered Thomas held on $10,000 cash bond and scheduled another court appearance for Friday. You can join Unsolved Mysteries and post your own mysteries or
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