Former Oklahoma City pharmacist Jerome Ersland charged with contraband possession
BY NOLAN CLAY NewsOK.com
Monday, February 11, 2013
2/11/13 at 4:36 PM
NORMAN — Convicted murderer Jerome Jay Ersland was charged Monday with a new felony — possession of contraband in prison.
His son, Jeffrey J. Ersland, also was charged Monday with a felony — bringing contraband into prison.
Jeffrey Ersland admitted giving his father powerful painkiller patches during a visit in November, corrections officials reported. An officer found the patches in Jerome Ersland's pockets in the visiting room.
Jerome Ersland is serving a life sentence for fatally shooting a wounded, unarmed robber inside the Reliable Discount Pharmacy in south Oklahoma City in 2009. He was a pharmacist working at the drugstore at the time.
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