Inmate says he sneaked tobacco into jail using his testicles

Two inmates were charged recently with possession of contraband – and one of them said he smuggled the tobacco into the jail by tucking them between his private parts.

Derrick Joseph Loreto, 25, of Hudson, and John Michael Colon, 25, of Spring Hill, were searched by detention deputies – who discovered tobacco in their possession, according to the Hernando County Sheriff's Office.

A deputy said he searched Loreto on April 21 and discovered tobacco in a blue latex glove stuffed into his sock.

Four days later, Detective Anthony Scarpati interviewed Loreto, who told him he smuggled the contraband into the jail by concealing it between his penis and testicles, according to an arrest report.

Colon's cell was searched April 11 and loose tobacco was discovered in paper concealed inside a latex glove, which was tucked in a pillow in his bunk, deputies said.

Two weeks later, Colon said he wasn't much of a smoker, but obtained the contraband from another inmate a month earlier, according to the report.

Colon said he intended to resell the tobacco, deputies said.

The cases are not related, said Sgt. Donna Black, a sheriff's spokeswoman.