(Marcy, NY – March 5, 2013) State Police in Marcy arrested Alex Zapata, 20, an inmate at Midstate Correctional facility located in the Town of Marcy for first-degree Promoting Prison Contraband and third-degree Criminal Possession of a Weapon, both felonies.
Zapata is alleged to have possessed a shank type weapon on Feb. 8, 2013 while confined as an inmate at Midstate Correctional Facility.
He is to appear in the Town of Marcy Court on April 11, 2013.