(Stillwater, Okla.) – An Oklahoma City woman has been charged with bringing marijuana into the Cimarron Correctional Facility in Cushing on July 20.
Melissa Rose Gerhold, 37, was also charged with possessing drug paraphernalia, described as rolling papers, on July 20, court records show.
Gerhold was arraigned from the Payne County Jail on July 21 before she was released on $5,000 bail, court records show.
Gerhold was ordered to appear in court on Aug. 21 with an attorney to represent her on the two-count charge investigated by Cushing Police Officer Rachel Hentges and prison staff.
If convicted of both counts, Gerhold could be incarcerated for as much as six years and fined $2,000, court records show.
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