Woman Charged After Possessing Drugs While Being Booked Into Prison

A McKeesport woman has been charged in Butler after being accused of having heroin during a search at the Butler County Prison.

On April 30 at the Butler County Courthouse, 35-year-old Darena Carpenter was being sentenced for a crime. While being booked into the Butler County Prison, jail officials suspected she was hiding something, but she denied having drugs on her.

However, during the search police say they found five bags of heroin in Carpenter’s possession…

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