Crime & Safety
Ex-Miss Kentucky USA Charged With Smuggled Pot Into Prison
Kia Hampton would face up to three years in prison If convicted of bringing drugs onto government facility grounds, a third-degree felony.
LOUISVILLE, KY — Miss Kentucky USA from 2011 has been charged with smuggling marijuana into an Ohio prison for an inmate.
Kia Hampton, 28, of Louisville, was crowned Miss Kentucky in 2011 and was the first black woman chosen to represent the state in the Miss USA Pageant.
Hampton was served a search warrant upon arriving at the Allen Oakwood Correctional Institution in Lima, Ohio on May 26 for an inmate visit. (For more local news, click here to sign up for real-time news alerts. If you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)
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An Allen County, Ohio grand jury indicted Hampton earlier this month, media outlets reported.
If convicted of the third-degree felony charge of bringing drugs onto government facility grounds, Hampton would face up to three years in prison.
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