Thursday, April 21, 2011
Ill Inmate Found To Be Body Packing Drugs
Law enforcement officials report an inmate at the Lawrence County Detention Center, who fell ill Tuesday afternoon, was found to be body packing narcotics.
According to reports filed through the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department, inmate Cynthia Lynn Adkins, 47, of Pulaski, was isolated at around 5:00 p.m. because authorities suspected she was “withholding contraband.”
Around 5:45 p.m., reports show that Adkins began to have trouble breathing. A nurse at the jail had Adkins transported to Crockett Hospital shortly afterwards. Officers quickly notified medical personnel that they suspected she was hiding drugs on her person.
Reports show that medical staff removed a pill bottle from Adkin’s vaginal cavity. The bottle was found to contained 65 ½ pills of various types. Among those were Soma, Lortab, Xanax and Morphine.
As a result of the incident, charges were issued against Adkins, including possession of a legend drug, possession of Schedule II narcotics, possession of Schedule III narcotics, possession of Schedule IV narcotics, and introducing contraband into a penal facility.
Adkins will be required to answer the charges through Lawrence County General Sessions Court on May 9, 2011.
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