Prisoner At Lee Penitentiary Found With Homemade Weapon…Pleads Guilty

An inmate at a Southwest Virginia penitentiary pleads guilty Tuesday to unlawfully possessing a weapon inside the prison. 28 year old Antwan Johnson of Jonesville was caught with a seven and a half inch metal object that had been sharpened to a point at one end and fabric on the other end inside the Lee County Penitentiary. Johnson , who faces up to an additional five years in prison for his most recent transgression, will be sentenced in September.