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Visitor to Institution sentenced for transporting contraband

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A visitor to the Drumheller Institution was given a six months conditional sentence order after pleading guilty to bringing contraband into the Drumheller. Institution.

Kaitlyn  Caron appeared in provincial court in Drumheller on Friday, April 12  where she pleaded guilty.

The court heard how on November 15, 2018, she was a visitor at the Drumheller Institution and was observed passing an item to her fiancé during the visit. Corrections officers discovered 50 nicotine patches with an institutional value of $5,000.

The crown and defense agreed on a  sentence of six months under a conditional sentence order. The first three months she is to be placed under house arrest, and the end half she is to abide by a curfew.


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