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Deputies Allege Woman

Brought Drugs Into Jail

Danielle Dunham

COOPERSTOWN –  A Morris woman, Danielle J. Dunham, 36, was arrested after Otsego County Sheriff’s deputies allegedly found suboxone films on her during a search at the jail.

Deputies reported they were investigating reports that drugs were being brought into the county jail.  Dunham, who had been in and out of jail an intermittent sentence, was found with two suboxone sublingual films on her person, the investigators said.

She was charged with the felonies of Introducing Dangerous Contraband into Prison, first degree, a class D felony, Possessing Dangerous Contraband in Prison, first degree, a class D felony, and Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance, seventh degree, a class  A misdemeanor.  If convicted, she faces up to 15 years incarceration.

 

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