HOUGHTON, MI-- Two women have secured plea deals after they were charged with trying to pass drugs to an inmate at the Houghton County Jail.
Sarah McMahon, 35, of Laurium, and Jamie Ekdahl, 29, of Calumet were arrested April 20 after a court hearing. They allegedly tried to pass prescription medication to the inmate as he was being escorted by a deputy back to jail. Ekdahl apparently dropped the opioids and the deputy found them.
Both women pleaded guilty last week to attempted delivery of a controlled substance. Charges of delivery of a controlled substance and furnishing contraband to prisoners were dropped.
McMahon and Ekdahl will be sentenced within a month.