LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A former beauty pageant winner from Kentucky has been accused of smuggling marijuana into an Ohio prison for an inmate.
Media outlets report a grand jury in Allen County, Ohio, indicted 28-year-old Kia Hampton of Louisville earlier this month.
The third-degree felony charge of bringing drugs onto government facility grounds carries a maximum three-year prison sentence upon conviction.
Hampton was served a search warrant upon arriving at the Allen Correctional Institution on May 26 for an inmate visit.
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Hampton was crowned Miss Kentucky USA in 2011 and was the first black woman chosen to represent Kentucky in the Miss USA Pageant.