09/17/2025
This pos married Donnie Clifford Sr. Sister. Donnie doesnt have anything to do with him do to way he treats his sister and mom. So this shows you that you have to be careful who you put around children. He had authorization to keep children safe while they pay for the crimes they have commited. Instead he wanted to make money of children and give then drugs to hurt them
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🚨Breaking: Indiana Prison Guard Arrested for Smuggling Ma*****na, Oxycodone, and Laced Paper into Facility🚨
PLAINFIELD, Ind. (September 17, 2025) – In a shocking breach of trust at a state-run correctional facility, a 43-year-old Indiana Department of Correction officer has been arrested and charged with smuggling drugs and contraband to an inmate, authorities confirmed Wednesday.
Ebenezer B. Falaye, a correctional police officer with the Indiana Department of Correction since 2018, was arrested on September 12, 2025, following an investigation that uncovered video evidence of him handing over a suspicious package during a shift at the Heritage Trail Correctional Facility in Plainfield, Hendricks County.
According to a probable cause affidavit filed in Hendricks Superior Court 4, the probe began on September 11, 2025, when an inmate an IDOC resident in housing Unit 11, was discovered in Unit 7 carrying a taped-up toilet paper roll containing approximately 3 grams of ma*****na and five oxycodone pills. A search also turned up a folder with 26 full sheets of paper—about 134 grams—suspected to be laced with synthetic cannabinoids, a dangerous class of designer drugs often called “K2” or “Spice.”
Facility investigators from the private GEO Group, which operates the minimum-security men’s prison, reviewed security footage from that afternoon. The video, timestamped at 12:24 p.m., allegedly showed Falaye on the staircase of Unit 7, passing the illicit items directly to the inmate.
Confronted later that day, Falaye was advised of his Miranda rights and ultimately confessed, the affidavit states. He admitted picking up the package from an unidentified civilian at a Kroger supermarket in Indianapolis on September 9 and sneaking it past security into the prison two days later.
Falaye signed a consent form allowing searches of his cell phone and vehicle; his phone was seized for forensic analysis by the Indiana State Police High Tech Crime Unit. He was transported to the Hendricks County Jail shortly after the interview.
Formal charges were filed on September 15, 2025, in case number 32D04-2509-F4-000037. Falaye now faces felony counts including Level 4 dealing in a Schedule II controlled substance (between 1 and 5 grams in a penal facility), Level 5 trafficking with an inmate (controlled substance), Level 6 official misconduct, and a misdemeanor count of dealing in ma*****na. If convicted, he could face several years in prison across the charges.
At an initial hearing on September 15 Falaye appeared in custody via video and was appointed public defender at court expense. Bond was set at $5,000 cash, and he was placed on enhanced pretrial supervision. A pretrial conference is scheduled for November 3, 2025.
The Heritage Trail Correctional Facility, located on the grounds of the former Indiana Boys School and housing around 800 minimum-security inmates focused on re-entry programs, has not commented on the incident. GEO Group, the private operator, confirmed the internal investigation but deferred further details to law enforcement.
“This is a clear abuse of position and a serious threat to the safety of both staff and inmates,” said , the state investigator who swore out the affidavit. “We take these matters with the utmost seriousness to maintain the integrity of our facilities.”
The case highlights ongoing challenges in preventing contraband smuggling in Indiana’s correctional system, where synthetic drugs have fueled violence and overdoses in recent years.
This story will be updated as more details emerge.
