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Woman pleads guilty to sneaking suboxone into jail

A Warren woman that faces charges alleging that she laced her child’s breast milk with suboxone has pled guilty to a felony charge of contraband for attempting to sneak the substance into the county jail.

The plea was entered last Friday afternoon by Bridget G. Putman, 29, Warren.

Police report in the affidavit of probable cause that they were dispatched to the Warren County Jail on Feb. 2 shortly after 1:30 p.m.

“It was reported that an employee,” the affidavit states, “believed that (Putman) was under the influence during a meeting.”

Police state that Putman was brought into the office “where she made a strange adjustment in her pelvic region.” Putman was then given a body scan “and found to have an object concealed within her person.”

Putman then removed the object “which concealed chunks of a suboxone pill” and “admitted to sneaking 10 suboxone pills into the prison when she was incarcerated because she knew she was going to jail that day.”

Police were “advised” in that case that Putman used “subutex or suboxone while pregnant with a now two month old female.”

In the other case, police allege that she “did crush up suboxone and mix the crushed up suboxone with breast milk and formula which was then provided” to the child or “frozen for future use.”

Putman and a co-defendant were recorded discussing the drugs given to the child on a recorded jail phone line.

A continuance was granted in that case earlier this month.

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