Woman charged in jail-smuggling scheme
A Henry County woman is accused of engaging in a conspiracy to smuggle drugs into the county jail.
Jennifer E. Davis, 36, is charged with eight counts of trafficking with an inmate.
She is also charged with possession of cocaine, meth and paraphernalia.
NEW CASTLE — A Henry County woman faces 11 criminal charges — six of them felonies — over allegations she engaged in a conspiracy to smuggle drugs, cellphones and other items into the county jail.
Jennifer E. Davis, 36, of the 300 block of West Main Street in Lewisville, is charged with eight counts of trafficking with an inmate, along with possession of cocaine, possession of methamphetamine and possession of paraphernalia.
According to police reports, when a vehicle was pulled over at Ind. 3 and Ind. 38 about 2 a.m. on Aug. 6, authorities found Davis, and items "prepared to be trafficked into a correctional facility."
Included were a cellphone, cocaine, methamphetamine, a syringe, tobacco, phone cards, cigarette lighters and a prescription pain-killer.
A New Castle man found in the same vehicle, William Clapp, 44, faces the same 11 charges.
Authorities allege Davis communicated via text messages with Henry County jail inmates — who apparently had cellphones that had been smuggled into the jail — and conspired to throw the drugs and contraband onto the jail's roof.
Investigators determined an air vent had been tampered with, apparently to give inmates access to the roof.
Davis in recent days received a Dec. 21 trial date in Henry Circuit Court 1. She is being held in the Henry County jail under a $5,050 cash bond.
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