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Akron woman charged with bringing drugs into prison

By Beacon Journal staff report

An Akron woman tried to deliver crack cocaine and marijuana to a prisoner at the Lorain Correctional Institution in Grafton today, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.

Statoya Jones, 22, was charged with conveying drugs into a correctional facility, a third-degree felony, the patrol said.

Jones is in the Lorain County Jail and is scheduled to appear in Elyria Municipal Court on Wednesday. . If convicted, she faces up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

Troopers and Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction , ''developed information that Jones might attempt to deliver drugs into the Lorain Correctional Institution,'' according to a news release issued by the patrol. Once inside the facility, Jones was approached by investigators. She subsequently turned over the drugs.

Sgt. Anne Ralston, a patrol spokeswoman, said she had no other information about the investigation.

An Akron woman tried to deliver crack cocaine and marijuana to a prisoner at the Lorain Correctional Institution in Grafton today, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.

Statoya Jones, 22, was charged with conveying drugs into a correctional facility, a third-degree felony, the patrol said.

Jones is in the Lorain County Jail and is scheduled to appear in Elyria Municipal Court on Wednesday. . If convicted, she faces up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

Troopers and Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction , ''developed information that Jones might attempt to deliver drugs into the Lorain Correctional Institution,'' according to a news release issued by the patrol. Once inside the facility, Jones was approached by investigators. She subsequently turned over the drugs.

Sgt. Anne Ralston, a patrol spokeswoman, said she had no other information about the investigation.



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