Guard Smuggled Drugs To MN State Prison Inmate: Prosecutors

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Guard Smuggled Drugs To MN State Prison Inmate: Prosecutors Special Department of Corrections investigators discovered the plot mere hours before the exchange took place, authorities said.

RICE COUNTY, MN — A guard at a Minnesota state prison is accused of smuggling drugs to an inmate, Rice County Attorney Brian Mortenson announced this month.

Lindsey Melissa Adams, 43, of Farmington was charged with one count of third-degree possession of methamphetamine and one count of introducing contraband into a state correctional facility.

"Ensuring public safety for Rice County includes the safety of the inmates and staff at MCF-Faribault," Mortenson said in a statement. "Great job to DOC-OSI and FPD for working together to prevent drugs from getting into the prison population within mere hours of discovering the plan."

On Sept. 3, special Department of Corrections investigators uncovered a plot to smuggle drugs into MCF-Faribault later that day. Faribault police were called in to assist.

Adams was planning to deliver drugs to an inmate inside the prison gym around 2:30 p.m., authorities said.

Investigators watched a live video of the gym that showed an exchange between Adams and an inmate, according to investigators.

The inmate was detained by prison staff while Adams was confronted by prison supervisors and taken to a conference room to be interviewed, authorities said.

Adams initially denied a role in the scheme and claimed she never brought drugs into the prison, according to prosecutors.

However, she later explained that "an unknown male" approached her the previous week at a local convenience store and asked her "to do stuff," authorities said. Adams gave her phone number and was contacted multiple times about an opportunity to make some money, according to prosecutors.

Adams later confessed to having 101 anti-depressant pills and nearly half an ounce of a substance she described as like rocks in her pockets, authorities said. However, Adams claimed she did not give anything to the inmate, according to prosecutors.

The rock-like substance later tested positive for methamphetamine, authorities said.

Adams said she received the drugs from the man she met at the local convenience store, according to investigators.

Detectives said they found a text message on Adams' phone from her to a person identified as "G" that said:

"I will bring the pills for sure I'm not sure about the other s***.. [sic] Dogs can detect that and the dog could be there you never know. Plus this is a felony If [sic] I got busted I could look at 10 years minimum."

A voicemail from a man on Adams' phone instructed her to bring the drugs to an inmate who was going to get a haircut, along with a text telling her to: "Just bring the pills and we will sell the meth," authorities said.