A Keota woman who attempted to use her three-month-old's diaper bag to smuggle marijuana into her boyfriend at the Jess Dunn Correctional Center in Muskogee over the weekend was officially charged on Tuesday and remains jailed at the Muskogee County Detention Center on a $10,000 bond.
She was alread already facing a January court date for Possession of a Controlled Dangerous Substance and Child Neglect stemming from a October arrest in Haskell County.
Ashley Bryant, 30, was already scheduled for a January 15 preliminary conference on the two charges after being released from the Haskell County jail on a $25,000 surety bond six days after her October 12 arrest.
She now must also appear before Judge Robin Adair on January 22 at 10 a.m. to answer to two felony charges for Child Neglect and Felony Bringing Contraband into a Jail or Penal Institution.
She was already complied $827.25 in state of Oklahoma fees stemming from that case and now faces felony charges after her arrest when guards discovered the contraband in a diaper bag she was carrying as she tried to enter the facility.
Bryant was at the facility with her two children, aged three months and two, attempting to visit inmate Troy Hale.
During the visit, Bryant changed one of the children's diapers before gaining entry to the facility, and returned to visitation's check-in area, where she appeared to put something in her diaper bag.
A correctional officer monitoring visitation stopped Bryant and searched the bag, finding a package of marijuana wrapped in cellophane and duct tape.
The facility called the Muskogee County Sheriff's Office, and a deputy arrested Bryant.
An Oklahoma Department of Human Services representative assisted with the children until Bryant's mother arrived later and took custody of them.
In addition to the new charges stemming from the contraband incident and the previous arrest for CDS possession and child neglect, Bryant is listed as the plaintiff in at least five cases (four in Haskell County and one in LeFlore County) involving paternity administrative orders and case settlements.
