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Intercepted letter with contraband mailed to jail leads to arrest

10/20/2021

Early Monday morning, Detectives with the Vernon County Sheriff's Office arrested a Nevada resident for attempting to send contraband into the county jail. According to officials at the Sheriff's Office, Detention Officers investigated a suspicious package marked as "Legal Mail" to an inmate being held in the Vernon County Jail. Evidence inside the package led Detectives to a Nevada residence and a suspect was arrested.

 

Vernon County Sheriff Jason Mosher said the suspect sent the letter with a legal firm marked as the sender, but the letter contained only a letter from the spouse of the inmate and a substance in a bag that was determined to be contraband. Mosher said keeping contraband out of the jail is a constant battle and that his staff had just recently went through additional training on screening, detecting, and confiscating contraband when it is discovered. "People have tried mailing contraband to inmates, smuggling it in clothes, books, and even in one case a Bible," said Mosher.

 

The suspect was identified as 39-year-old Heather Durossette of Nevada. Durossette was charged with Delivery of Item at a County Jail which Prisoner is Prohibited from Receiving. She was released on bond and is scheduled to appear in court.