MINOT, N.D. (AP) - Authorities have issued a warrant for a Minot woman accused of using meth and giving the drug to four other women while in jail.
KXMC-TV (https://bit.ly/1Dz6soc ) reports that 22-year-old Chelsea Nelson failed to appear in court Thursday for a preliminary hearing.
Nelson is charged with possession of a controlled substance by an inmate, a Class A felony that carries a 20-year maximum prison sentence.
Corrections officials in the town of New England ordered an investigation last fall into possible drug use by inmates at the Dakota Women’s Correctional Rehabilitation Center. Nelson and the other women tested positive for meth during the investigation.
Nelson had been released without posting bond on the condition that if she did not appear she would owe the state $10,000.
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