Mark Gregory Valdez, a 33-year-old inmate at the Oklahoma County Jail, incurred an additional Sunday when officers found a loaded handgun hidden inside his rectum.
According to the Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office, Valdez was being held at the Oklahoma County Jail on a minor charge Sunday when a fellow inmate told authorities that Valdez had been bragging about a handgun that he managed to sneak into jail.
After turning Valdez' cell inside out looking for the firearm, officers conducted a body cavity search.
That's when officers found a loaded Derringer pistol hidden inside Valdez' rectum.
Investigators say Valdez was taken to a local hospital after the gun was removed. The gun was found in operational condition and loaded with a single round of ammunition.
Investigators say Valdez submitted to a pat-down search when he was booked into jail, but somehow managed to be processed without passing through a metal detector.
Valdez remains held on the original charge plus an additional felony charge of possessing contraband inside a penal institution.
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