Las Vegas, NV (KXNT) - An employee of the Ely State Prison has been arrested on charges that she smuggled drugs into the prison for an inmate.
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The suspect, 25-year-old Angelica Aguilar, was arrested on Tuesday. Aguilar had been employed by the Ely State Prison in food service since April of this year. She was arrested while attempting to smuggle 16 grams of methamphetamine into the prison for an inmate.
State Police investigators recovered the methamphetamine from Aguilar when she arrived at the prison to begin her shift.
Aguilar has been charged with one count of possession and one count of furnishing controlled substance to a state prisoner. She Aguilar was booked into the White Pine County Sheriff’s Office with bail set at $20,000.