LEBANON – A Dayton woman will appear in the Lebanon Municipal Court today after Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers arrested her yesterday for conveying illegal drugs onto the grounds of the Warren Correctional Institution.

Troopers charged Jane A. Turner, 50, with illegal conveyance onto the grounds of a correctional facility, a third-degree felony, and possession of criminal tools, a fifth-degree felony.

Troopers and Department of Rehabilitation and Correction investigators obtained information that Turner planned to convey illegal drugs into the Warren Correctional Institution. Turner was arrested yesterday after she consented to an administrative search which revealed three balloons containing a total of four grams of marijuana.

Turner was incarcerated at the Warren County Jail. If convicted, she could face up to four years in prison and a $12,500 fine.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol investigates criminal activity on state owned and/or leased property.

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