Crime & Safety
Texas Woman Hid Pot On Her Child To Smuggle It Into Prison: NYSP
State police say that the 24-year-old was arrested and charged with promoting prison contraband and endangering the welfare of a child.
TOWN OF BEEKMAN, NY — An unwise hiding place for smuggled contraband compounded a prison visitor's troubles, according to cops.
New York State Police say that on Saturday, a trooper from Poughkeepsie reesponded to the Greenhaven Correctional Facility, in the Town of Beekman, after receiving a report of a visitor bringing contraband into the facility.
State police say that an investigation found that 24-year-old Christina C. Miranda, of Weslaco, Texas, had smuggled around 63 grams of marijuana into the facility, hiding the contraband on her child's back.
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Miranda was arrested and charged with misdemeanor second-degree promoting prison contraband, and misdemeanor endangering the welfare of a child.
She was released on an appearance ticket and is scheduled to appear in the Town of Beekman Court on June 12.
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