Woman Gets 30 Days for Smuggling Contraband

(Augusta, Maine) A 22-year-old Belgrade woman, Jennifer Hawes, pleaded guilty this week to trafficking contraband into the Kennebec County Jail.

Hawes was caught in a scheme to smuggle 2.5 grams of heroin by using dental floss strung out a third-floor jail cell window. It didn't go unnoticed by the surveillance cameras.

Hawes was sentenced to three years in jail, all but 30 days suspended, plus two years probation and a $400 fine. Since the incident, dental floss has been banned at the jail.