A CONTRACT BUS DRIVER AND TWO VISITORS ARE ARRESTED FOR SMUGGLING ILLEGAL CONTRABAND INTO PARCHMAN.SUNFLOWER COUNTY SHERIFF JAMES HAYWOOD CONFIRMS THE SATURDAY ARRESTS. ELLA THIGPEN OF DREW WORKS AS A CONTRACT BUS DRIVER FOR THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS. THE 46-YEAR-OLD ALLEGEDLY TRIED TO SMUGGLE IN TWO CELL PHONES ONTO PRISON GROUNDS. THIGPEN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF INTRODUCTION OF CONTRABAND AND ONE COUNT OF CONSPIRACY TO INTRODUCE CONTRABAND. SHE IS OUT ON A 20-THOUSAND DOLLAR BOND. AS FOR THE VISITORS, SONIA TAYLOR AND RENITA RICHEY, BOTH OF BOONEVILLE, WERE ARRESTED SATURDAY FOR SMUGGLING CELLPHONES INTO THE PRISON. BOTH WOMEN ARE OUT ON A 10-THOUSAND DOLLAR BOND TONIGHT.