La. Sheriff: 2 Women Used Plastic Crows, Drone in Contraband Smuggling Attempt at Prison
What to know
- Two Texas women were arrested after Grant Parish sheriff's deputies say they used a drone to drop plastic crow decoys stuffed with drugs, cellphones and tobacco into a federal prison in central Louisiana.
- Authorities said the contraband-filled decoys were flown over the facility and dropped onto prison grounds before investigators identified the suspects.
- Melanie Jean Worthington and Kassy Marie Cole face multiple drug-distribution and contraband-smuggling charges after allegedly admitting they were paid $40,000 for the delivery.
Two North Texas women are accused of using a drone to fly plastic crow decoys filled with contraband into a federal prison in central Louisiana, authorities say.
The suspects were trying to smuggle drugs, cellphones and tobacco inside the plastic birds, according to the Grant Parish Sheriff’s Office.
The crow decoys were dropped from a drone onto the prison grounds, the Sheriff’s Office said in a news release on Monday.
The Sheriff’s Office arrested 38-year-old Melanie Jean Worthington, of Joshua, Texas, and 41-year-old Kassy Marie Cole, of Hurst.
The women face charges of possession of methamphetamine and marijuana with the intent to distribute and taking contraband into a penal institution.
The suspects admitted to being paid $40,000 to smuggle the items, the Sheriff’s Office said.
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