SOMERVILLE, N.J. (AP) — A woman is accused of using children's drawings to smuggle prescription drugs to her boyfriend in a New Jersey jail. 
 
 Somerset County Sheriff Frank Provenzano says staff noticed something strange about mail addressed to inmate Michael Gill on June 15. A K-9 unit was called and alerted on what turned out to be the opioid Suboxone concealed in the drawings, authorities say. The prescription drug produces a high when used alone and is used to help heroin addicts. 
 
 The sheriff says another letter with children's drawings addressed to Gill arrived June 20 and more mail was sent to the jail eight days later. Again, suspected Suboxone was found hidden in the drawings, authorities say. 
 
 The sheriff told the Courier News of Bridgewater (http://mycj.co/2aqCbez ) that to prevent copycats, he won't disclose how the drug was concealed in the drawings. 
 
 Authorities charged 37-year-old Casey Giles, of Bridgewater, with possession with intent to distribute a controlled dangerous substance. She was jailed on $20,000 bail. Gill, of Oxford, was charged with attempting to possess a controlled dangerous substance, and his bail was set at $10,000. 
 
 It wasn't known if Giles or Gill had lawyers who could comment on their behalf. 
 
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 A Bridgewater woman has been charged with trying smuggle drugs to her boyfriend in the Somerset County Jail through a child's drawing in the mail. (Photo: ~File) 
 
 SOMERVILLE - Pablo Picasso once said that art washes dust away from the soul of everyday life. 
 
 
 
 But detectives in the Somerset County Sheriff's Office found that a child's drawings may have been intended to do more for an inmate at the county jail. 
 
 
 
 Sheriff Frank J. Provenzano announced Thursday that a Bridgewater woman has been charged with using children’s drawings to smuggle drugs to her incarcerated boyfriend. 
 
 
 
 The boyfriend, Michael Gill, 38, of Oxford, also faces charges along with his girlfriend, Casey Giles, 37, of Bridgewater, for attempting to smuggle drugs into the jail through the mail. 
 
 
 
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 On June 15, during the inspection of mail addressed to Gill, administrative personnel noticed "oddities" hidden in children’s drawings, Provenzano said. 
 
 
 
 The sheriff did not disclose details of how the drug was smuggled in the drawings because "people may want to copy." 
 
 After the oddities were found, the Somerset County Sheriff Office K-9 Apex was called and indicated the presence of Suboxone concealed in the drawings, the sheriff said. 
 
 
 
 Suboxone is a prescription drug to help heroin users kick the addiction. However, when it is used alone, Suboxone, an opioid, produces a high. 
 
 On June 20, another letter to Gill with children’s drawings was inspected and also discovered to contain drawings with suspected Suboxone. 
 
 Eight days later, on June 28, more mail addressed to Gill arrived at the jail. Again, K-9 Apex indicated the presence of suspected narcotics. 
 
 
 
 When the mail was inspected, suspected Suboxone was found hidden on the paper, Provenzano said. 
 
 
 
 The investigation by the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office Detective Bureau identified Giles as the person who was who was trying smuggle the Suboxone into the jail. Giles was charged with third-degree possession with intent to distribute a controlled dangerous substance. 
 
 
 
 She was remanded to the jail in lieu of $20,000 bail, cash or bond. 
 
 Gill was charged with attempting to possess a controlled dangerous substance, a third-degree offense. Bail was set at $10,000, cash or bond. 
 
 “Our detective unit, in collaboration with our Corrections Division, continuously investigates, charges and prosecutes any and all crimes associated with the smuggling of narcotics into the Somerset County correctional facility,” Provenzano said. “Our goal is to make sure we keep a safe and secure environment for all.” 
 
 
 
 Jail officials regularly inspect mail that has been sent to inmates, for the safety of the facility, jail personnel and inmates. 
 
 
 
 "They do an outstanding job," the sheriff said. 
 
 
 
 State regulations do not allow strip searches at the jail because most of the inmates have not been convicted but are waiting for the disposition of the charges against them, the sheriff said. Strip searches are allowed in state prisons. 
 
 Staff Writer Mike Deak: 908-243-6607; mdeak@mycentraljersey.com 
 
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 Two Elk Ridge parents are in jail after giving an opioid drug to their newborn daughter the day she was born. They face drug distribution and child endangerment charges. 
 
 On June 26, 2017, a few minutes before 3:00 PM, Spanish Fork Police responded to a report of a theft in progress at Walmart in their city. Walmart employees reported that the suspect entered the store and had with him his two-month-old daughter in a car seat, which was in a shopping cart. Witnesses saw the suspect take items from a shelf and walk directly to customer service and return the items as if he had purchased them. The suspect, Colby Glen Wilde, age 29, of Elk Ridge, was given a cash card for the stolen items. As Wilde left the store he was approached by loss prevention employees. When confronted Wilde ran toward the exit, carrying the car seat with his daughter in it. He failed to negotiate the sliding doors and ran into them, dropping the car seat and his daughter. The car seat rolled several times as Wilde let go of it. Wilde picked up the car seat and ran out a different door. As he did this Wilde ran past a pillar. The car seat hit the pillar and he dropped his daughter again. Several bystanders tried to stop Wilde. As they did this Wilde handed the car seat holding his daughter to a stranger, ran to his car, and drove away. 
 
 Using the description from Walmart loss prevention employees a Deputy with the Utah County Sheriff’s Office, who was near the area, found the suspect driving away from the area and stopped him in the parking lot. The Deputy arrested Wilde and booked him into the Utah County Jail for DUI, possession of heroin and methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, and no insurance. Spanish Fork Police later added charges of 3rd degree felony child abuse and theft. Wilde’s common law wife, Lacey Dawn Christenson, age 26, also of Elk Ridge, was in the store with Wilde. Christenson had her other three children, boys ages 8, 4, and 2, with her in the store. She was arrested and booked into the Utah County Jail on an outstanding warrant. 
 
 Spanish Fork Police contacted officials with the Utah Division of Child and Family Services (DCFS) and they took custody of the children. The infant girl was evaluated at a local hospital. DCFS officials contacted the oldest boy’s father and he took custody of that child. The father did not want to separate the children from each other and DCFS approved him to not only take his son, but to take the other three children as well. The parents of the other three children are Colby Wilde and Lacey Christenson. 
 
 On June 28, while Wilde and Christenson were in jail, Deputies were contacted by a woman who had been asked to care for pets at their home in Elk Ridge. When she arrived, she discovered numerous items of drug paraphernalia and called the Sheriff’s Office. After obtaining a warrant to search the home Deputies discovered items of drug paraphernalia in many different areas of the home, including next to a baby bassinet, next to a child’s sippy cup, and others. Also found in the home was Suboxone, a prescription pain medication used for pain management and for addiction treatment. This medication was found in pill form and in crushed pill form. Because all four children, who had been living in the home, could be in dangerous proximity to the paraphernalia and prescription pills Deputies added four counts each for Wilde and Christenson of child endangerment, a third-degree felony. Wilde was also charged with possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. 
 
 Over the next couple of weeks, the Deputy who obtained the search warrant continued to investigate this case. He learned from DCFS that the two younger boys and the infant girl all tested positive for methamphetamine. The infant also tested positive for heroin and morphine. Christenson was released from jail for her warrant on June 28. Wilde was released from jail on July 5 after posting a $7,500.00 bond. As part of this case investigators developed information that Wilde and Christenson were using drugs again and they obtained another search warrant for the house in Elk Ridge. When investigators served the search warrant they found Wilde smoking heroin. 
 
 Between the June 28 and July 18 warrants, investigators learned that Christenson had been heavily using heroin and prescription pain medication during her pregnancy. Because of that, her child, born on April 9, 2017, was born addicted to drugs. Several different informants told investigators that parents of drug addicted babies will sometimes take either Suboxone or methadone, crush it up, then, after moistening a finger, dip that finger into the crushed drugs, and apply it to the mouth or gums of the infant in an effort to mask signs of addiction from hospital staff. After serving the search warrant, investigators interviewed Wilde and Christenson. They admitted that after their daughter was born on April 9, later that same day, Wilde applied some of the crushed Suboxone pills to the infant’s gums while nurses and other medical staff were out of the room. Wilde and Christenson told investigators they talked to friends about how to mask signs of drug dependence in an infant, and that they discussed this issue with each other. Christenson admitted to investigators that the crushed Suboxone found in their home on June 28 was the substance used to administer Suboxone to their newborn daughter on April 9 in Utah Valley Hospital. 
 
 Following service of the search warrant on July 18, Wilde and Christenson were arrested and booked into jail. Investigators obtained warrants to collect blood and urine samples from them at the jail. Preliminary urine tests were positive for methamphetamine and opiates. Because they administered drugs to the newborn child they were booked for distribution of a controlled substance in a drug free zone, a first-degree felony. They were both also booked for possession by use of heroin and methamphetamine, endangerment of a child, a third-degree felony, and possession of drug paraphernalia. Bail for Wilde and Christenson has been set at $10,000.00 cash only. 
 
 For questions contact Sergeant Spencer Cannon, Public Information Officer, Utah County Sheriff's Office. (801)404-1912. Twitter: SGTCannonPIO 
 
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– A woman is accused of using children's drawings to smuggle prescription drugs to her boyfriend in a New Jersey jail. Somerset County Sheriff Frank Provenzano says staff noticed something strange about mail addressed to inmate Michael Gill on June 15, the AP reports. A K-9 unit was called and alerted on what turned out to be the opioid Suboxone concealed in the drawings, authorities say. The prescription drug, which usually comes in patch form or as a film that can be placed under the tongue, is used to help people addicted to heroin or other opiates avoid withdrawal symptoms, but can produce a high of its own when abused. The sheriff says another letter with children's drawings addressed to Gill arrived June 20 and more mail was sent to the jail eight days later. Again, suspected Suboxone was found hidden in the drawings, authorities say. The sheriff tells the Courier News of Bridgewater that to to prevent copycats, he won't disclose how the drug was concealed in the drawings. Authorities charged 37-year-old Casey Giles, of Bridgewater, with possession with intent to distribute a controlled dangerous substance. She was jailed on $20,000 bail. Gill was charged with attempting to possess a controlled dangerous substance, and his bail was set at $10,000.