Crime & Safety

Another Visitor Caught with Drugs at County Jail

This is the visitor arrested for drug possession within the last week.

An Elmont woman was arrested Wednesday after officials caught her distributing drugs to an inmate during a visit to the .

Police say that officials observed an inmate "concealing an object in his hand" after visiting with Brianna Valerio, 20. After investigating, the object was determined to be a ball of duct tape containing marijuana and ecstasy, police said.

Officials added that Valerio passed the drugs to the inmate during the visit and she was subsequently placed under arrest.

Find out what's happening in East Meadowwith free, real-time updates from Patch.

This is the second arrest of a visitor in the last week. On March 22, for acting suspiciously in the visitors area of the jail, and she was found to be in possession of narcotics and other contraband.

Valerio has been charged with 5th Degree Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance, 1st Degree Promoting Prison Contraband and 5th Degree Criminal Sale of Marijuana. She will be arraigned at First District Court in Hempstead on Thursday.

Find out what's happening in East Meadowwith free, real-time updates from Patch.


Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.

We’ve removed the ability to reply as we work to make improvements. Learn more here

To request removal of your name from an arrest report, submit these required items to arrestreports@patch.com.