Two women charged after allegedly attempting to bring drugs into Moberly Correctional Center
MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ)
Two women are facing drug charges after they allegedly tried to bring in K2 and Suboxone into the Moberly Correctional Center.
A Randolph County prosecutor has charged Shala Brown and Stephanie Wilbur with delivery of a controlled substance.
On Friday, the Missouri Department of Corrections Moberly Correctional center was notified of two women that may come into the facility and try to pass drugs to inmates, according to the probable cause statement.
Detective Michael Miller reports that on Saturday Brown and Wilbur likely would try to bring the drugs into facility between 2:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. during visiting hours, according to the probable cause statement.
At 3 p.m. Wilbur and Brown showed up to the facility according to Miller and he spoke with Wilbur after giving her her Miranda rights. Wilbur told the detective that she had been given cash to visit an inmate and to go to a special dispensary in St. Louis. Wilbur told the detective this was the first time she met Brown.
Brown was read her Miranda rights and spoke with Detective Miller as well. Brown said that her husband allegedly wanted her to bring in a bag of Suboxone and K2 that was sprayed on paper. Suboxone is a Schedule 3 controlled substance, according to the probable cause statement; it is used to treat opioid addiction.
Brown told the detective that she left the items in her purse that were in a vehicle in the parking lot.
Both women do not have a defense attorney listed, according to online court records.
Both women were arraigned on Monday and a preliminary hearing is scheduled for Sept. 19 for Wilbur, Brown has a preliminary hearing for August 15.
Brown is currently being held in the Randolph County Jail on a $4,950 cash or surety bond. It is uncertain if Wilbur posted bond and was released according to online court records.
