Inmate loses appeal claiming drugs in butt were not his

A Pennsylvania inmate has lost an appeal after claiming drugs found hidden in his buttocks belonged to someone else.

Edwin Greco Wylie-Biggs became the subject of a strip search when a corrections officer saw another inmate pass something to him at the State Correctional Institution Fayette.

The 36-year-old was ordered to bend over and spread his buttocks, which is when  searchers found a small plastic bag sticking out of his rectum. 

Inside that bag was a blue balloon containing synthetic marijuana, also known as K2.

Wylie-Biggs (pictured) became the subject of a strip search when a corrections officer saw another inmate pass something to him at the State Correctional Institution Fayette

Pennsylvania inmate Edwin Greco Wylie-Biggs, 36 (left and right), lost an appeal after claiming drugs found in his rectum were not his. He became the subject of a strip aearch when a corrections officer saw another inmate pass something to him at the State Correctional Institution Fayette 

He was ordered to bend over and spread his buttocks, which is when searchers found a small plastic bag sticking out of his rectum. Inside that bag was a blue balloon containing synthetic marijuana, also known as K2 (Pictured, State Correctional Institution Fayette)

He was ordered to bend over and spread his buttocks, which is when searchers found a small plastic bag sticking out of his rectum. Inside that bag was a blue balloon containing synthetic marijuana, also known as K2 (Pictured, State Correctional Institution Fayette)

In April, a judge sentenced Wylie-Biggs, of Clarion, to an extra three to six years in prison for possessing contraband.

But Wylie-Biggs appealed the charge on the grounds that Pennsylvania prison officials didn’t prove the synthetic marijuana was his.

However, Senior Judge William Platt concluded that the state provided sufficient evidence that Wylie-Biggs did in fact have an illegal substance. 

State records indicate he has since been moved to State Correctional Institute Dallas, which is about 30 miles southwest of Scranton.

In January 2014, Wylie-Biggs jumped off of the Glassport-Clairton Bridge falling around 100 feet while fleeing from police, reported the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 

That August, he pleaded guilty to recklessly endangering another person, fleeing an officer, possession of heroin with intent to sell and related charges. In October, he was sentenced to two to four years in prison.

In April, a judge sentenced Wylie-Biggs, of Clarion, to an extra three to six years in prison for possessing contraband (Pictured, K2 synthetic marijuana, file image)

In April, a judge sentenced Wylie-Biggs, of Clarion, to an extra three to six years in prison for possessing contraband (Pictured, K2 synthetic marijuana, file image)

Wylie-Biggs appealed the charge on the grounds that Pennsylvania prison officials didn't prove the synthetic marijuana was his. However, Senior Judge William Platt concluded that the state did provide sufficient evidence (Pictured, K2 synthetic marijuana, file image)

Wylie-Biggs appealed the charge on the grounds that Pennsylvania prison officials didn’t prove the synthetic marijuana was his. However, Senior Judge William Platt concluded that the state did provide sufficient evidence (Pictured, K2 synthetic marijuana, file image)

In January 2012, deputies were forced to search for him after he failed to show up at an alcohol and drug group session at Renewal Center Inc halfway house.

After a nearly 90 minute-standoff, in which police said he held two hostages and threatened to shoot anyone who entered the home where he was holding them, he surrendered and was taken to Allegheny County Jail, according to KDKA.

And as far back as 202, he was arrested and charged with numerous crimes, including aggravated assault, fleeing and eluding, ramming a police car and trying to run over a police officer, reported the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 



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