A 35-year-old woman from Evansville and two others are being charged in the death of a correctional officer in California.
According to the US Attorney’s Office, Stephanie Ferreira is accused of conspiring to introduce narcotics into USP Atwater… a high-security federal prison.
Authorities say Ferreira and a man named Jerman Rudd III schemed to mail a letter laced with drugs to inmate Jamar Jones for him to sell.
On August 9, a correctional officer at the prison opened the letter and fell ill a few minutes later…then passed away after being taken to the hospital.
Another affected correctional officer came in contact with the narcotics-laced letter but recovered.
Ferreira is set to be arraigned on the complaint in the Southern District of Indiana.
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