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K-9 finds heroin in NY county jail

Alerted COs to presence of an illegal narcotic, leading to a cell search

By C1 Staff

CANTON, NY — Following a cell search, a St. Lawrence County Correctional Facility inmate was charged with possession of heroin.

North Country Now reports that K-9 Hershey was deployed and gave a positive alert for the presence of illegal narcotics. A search then turned up an unidentifiable tan powder substance that was tested and proved to be heroin.

Inmate Trista D. LaDue was charged with first-degree promoting prison contraband and seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.

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