LOWELL -- William "Bill" Emerson, a popular Tewksbury church deacon, has admitted to allegations that he smuggled drugs into the Cambridge and Billerica jails after being blackmailed by an inmate who threatened to expose that he had gay pornography on his home computer.
In Lowell District Court recently, Emerson, 67, of 222 Stackpole St., Lowell, admitted to sufficient facts to three charges of delivering drugs (Suboxone) to a prisoner.