BATAVIA, Ohio — Four people are facing criminal charges after officials accused them of plotting to smuggle drugs to jail inmates through an animal shelter.
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The Clermont County Sheriff’s Office said on Dec. 23 at around 3:30 p.m., investigators were contacted by corrections staff at the Clermont County Jail about inmates “possibly being impaired,” according to our news partners at WCPO.
Detectives say they spoke to jail staff who oversaw a group of inmates assigned to work off-site at the Clermont County Animal Shelter.
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They then launched an investigation and interviewed multiple inmates on that work site.
Through the investigation, detectives say they learned that two inmates at the jail were speaking to family members and allegedly plotted to have drugs delivered to the animal shelter for them to retrieve while on their work assignment.
Vanessa Tudor, Samantha Cartwright, Mark Wise, and Patricia Weaver were indicted on charges including conspiracy, illegal conveyance of drugs of abuse onto grounds of a government facility, and other drug charges.
Cartwright and Tudor were already sentenced on unrelated charges and remain in the Clermont County Jail, now with Wise and Weaver.
We will continue to follow this story.
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