Shoshone County deputies squelch smuggling attempt

WALLACE - A 27-year-old Kellogg woman attempted to smuggle contraband into jail this week, thus lengthening her amount of local incarceration.

Nicole M. Gordon, who was on felony probation, was turning herself in Wednesday evening to serve time for reported probation violations.

It was soon after she entered the Shoshone County Jail, Captain Rick Smith said, that Deputy Corlina Marquez caught her with one schedule II narcotic prescription pill and cigarettes on her person. Charges of this incident were filed the following day, he said.

Sgt. Lance Stutzke said Gordon was ordered by her probation officer to 15 days for the two probation violations - a guilty driving without privileges offense and a pending petit theft charge.

Gordon had been serving out the sentence in two-day increments, Stutzke said, and this latest time of turn-in would have been days five and six.

Capt. Jeremy Groves said these new charges will affect Gordon's current sentencing and her probation will most likely be revoked.

Gordon made her first appearance in court for these recent offenses at 11 a.m. Thursday, where bond was set at $10,000.

There will be a preliminary hearing for Gordon's case in magistrate court within the next 14 days.

Captain Rick Smith said an inmate will try to sneak prohibited items into the jail an average of five to six times per year. These situations are almost always an active decision and not just an accident, he said.