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Pair used jury box to try and smuggle drugs into jail

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Felisha Trujillo, who Pueblo County authorities say tried, with her boyfriend, to get narcotics into jail through a courtroom exchange at her own sentencing hearing. (AP Photo)

Associated Press

PUEBLO, Colo. — It was a dumb way to try to sneak drugs into prison. Pueblo County authorities said a 22-year-old woman worked out a plan with her boyfriend to get narcotics into jail Wednesday through a courtroom exchange at her own sentencing hearing. Officials learned of the plot because the woman in jail, Felisha Trujillo, and her boyfriend talked about the plot on a monitored phone line.

Phil Martinez, 26, allegedly dropped a bag of narcotics in the jury box before Trujillo’s hearing, when the courtroom was empty. The alleged drug drop happened minutes after elementary school students had finished a mock trial in the same courtroom.

Detectives were watching, and Martinez was arrested. Both Martinez and Trujillo face drug and contraband charges.

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Information from: The Pueblo Chieftain, http://www.chieftain.com

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