Two more defendants take pleas in ECI drug racketeering operation

Two more plea deals have been accepted in the massive contraband operation that happened at Eastern Correctional Institution in Westover, Md.

Thursday Cammay Gray, who was the girlfriend of inmate Samuel Johnson, agreed that she played in a role in the operation.

Inmate Marty Imes also admitted his role.

As Johnson's girlfriend, Gray managed Johnson's proceeds from contraband sales and passed messages along to his nephew Terrell King who was also involved in the operation. King would allegedly gather contraband and deliver payments and the contraband to correctional officers that would smuggle it into the prison.

Investigators were able to get court authorization that allowed them to intercept calls that Johnson was making on a smuggled-in cell phone. During one call Johnson spoke with King about inmates about handling finances related to the operation and coordinating meetings with correctional officers to smuggle in contraband.

Another intercepted call revealed Gray discussing with Johnson topics such as where to send her proceeds from the operation and various other aspects related to smuggling contraband.

Meanwhile, Imes agreed that he had bribed correctional officers Aaron Ennis and Travis Dennis to smuggle contraband into the prison.

According to court documents Imes had become aware that correctional officers Thomas Leimbach and Aaron Bohl had also smuggled in contraband for other prisoners and allegedly also asked them to do the same for him.

Court documents also revealed that Imes had contacts outside of the prison who obtained contraband in Baltimore to be smuggled into ECI.

In the plea deal, Imes agreed that between March 6, 2014 and June 6, 2016 he used jail phones to talk to outside contacts about the operation over 150 times.

Both Imes and Gray could face up to 20 years in federal prison for their roles in the operation.

Gray is scheduled to be sentenced this May. Meanwhile, Imes is scheduled to be sentenced in July.