A 34-year-old Windsor woman has pleaded guilty to providing smuggled narcotics to an inmate at a Pennsylvania prison, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut.
Samantha Ellis, 34, of Windsor, pleaded guilty to providing contraband to an inmate at the U.S. Penitentiary in Allenwood, Pennsylvania, on November 12, 2022.
According to court documents, Ellis smuggled a small blue balloon containing approximately 20 packaged strips of Suboxone Sublingual Film, a Schedule III controlled substance and narcotic, into the visiting room and provided the contraband to Tyshawn McDade.
McDade, who was serving a term of incarceration at the time, swallowed the balloon after receiving it from Ellis. A corrections officer noticed the exchange and immediately ended the visit, and the entire incident was captured on video.
The case against Ellis was subsequently transferred from the Middle District of Pennsylvania to the District of Connecticut for further prosecution.
Ellis faces a maximum term of imprisonment of 20 years and is currently out on a $10,000 bond pending sentencing, which is scheduled for September 3.
The investigation into the incident was led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Federal Bureau of Prisons, with the case being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Sean P. Mahard of the District of Connecticut and Geoffrey W. MacArthur of the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
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Key Facts
- State: Connecticut
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Drug Trafficking|Fraud & Financial Crimes|Violent Crime
- Source: Official Source ↗
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