LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KVIA) — An El Paso woman tried to take drugs into a New Mexico prison, according to court documents ABC-7 obtained.
Sixty-six-year-old Tommie Kay Cooper has been charged with possession of a controlled substance; bringing contraband onto prison grounds; conspiracy to commit bringing contraband onto prison grounds and tampering with evidence. These are felony charges.
On Friday, an officer with the New Mexico State Police received a report of contraband into a prison at the Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility near Las Cruces…