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NC woman arrested for allegedly passing inmate weed

Victoria Laureen Stith passed over half an ounce of marijuana to an inmate at Maury Correctional Institution

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Victoria Laureen Stith

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By Wes Wolfe
The Free Press

MAURY, N.C. -- A woman allegedly handed over half an ounce of marijuana to an inmate at Maury Correctional Institution on Saturday afternoon.

According to a statement from Greene County Sheriff Lemmie Smith, detention officers discovered Victoria Laureen Stith, 46, passing the weed to 30-year-old inmate Travis Freeman, who was later found with it.

Stith was charged with the felonies of providing drugs to an inmate and possession of a controlled substance on prison premises.

She was placed into the Greene County jail under a $25,000 bond and is scheduled to appear Aug. 26 in Greene County District Court.

Freeman was charged with felony possession of a controlled substance on prison premises and is also scheduled to appear Aug. 26 in Greene County District Court.