Ankle bracelet can detect use of alcohol

URBANA – If Jamar Smith drinks a beer in the next six months, his probation officer will know about it via an ankle bracelet monitoring system.

Smith, a former University of Illinois basketball player, was ordered Wednesday to wear the ankle bracelet as part of a new sentence to 18 months additional probation.

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