published Tuesday, May 19th, 2009

Woman charged with mailing drugs to prison

MEMPHIS — A West Tennessee woman has been charged in connection with a scheme to mail drugs and cash into at least two state prisons, according to a news release.

Agents with the Tennessee Department of Correction department of internal affairs have charged Kimberly Underwood, 50, of Germantown, Tenn., with introducing contraband into a penal facility.

According to the news release, Ms. Underwood is accused of mailing cocaine and several hundred dollars in cash drugs and cash to relatives at the Southeastern Tennessee State Regional Correctional Facility in Bledsoe County and the West Tennessee State Penitentiary in Lauderdale County.

Agents who searched her home in Germantown found evidence to support the charges, the release stated.

Ms. Underwood is being held in the Bledsoe County jail. Additional charges could come against inmates and others in connection with the investigation, the release stated.

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