(Stillwater, Okla.) — A Tahlequah woman was given an 18-month prison term Friday by a Payne County judge for violating the probation she received six months ago for attempting to throw a large amount of contraband over a fence at the Cushing prison.
In a probation violation, Regina Ann Ballard, 35, was arrested three months ago in Tahlequah for possession of methamphetamine, a felony that remains pending in Cherokee County District Court.
Payne County District Judge Phillip Corley Friday revoked the balance of a two-year suspended sentence he had given her six months ago in her Cushing prison case and ordered her incarcerated.
In her Payne County prison case, “The packages that Regina was attempting to throw over the fence contained the following: 20 cell phones, nine lighters, one package of four super-glue, one package of box blades, six AT&T Go cards, envelope that had a telephone number written on it, NET 10 activation code for a cell phone, three USB ports, 19 cell phone charges, five clear plastic baggies containing tobacco,” an affidavit said.
In that case, Ballard was arrested at 8:05 p.m. on Feb. 18 by Cushing Police Sgt. Adam Harp, who was called to the prison at 7:47 p.m. — shortly after two Cimarron Correctional Facility officers leaving work saw her attempting to throw items over a fence, Harp’s affidavit said.
“It should be noted that one of the cell phones that was an IPhone had a picture of Regina along with an inmate that is currently incarcerated at the Cimarron Correctional Facility,” Harp’s affidavit said.
“Regina admitted to me that she tried to throw packages over the prison fence, but that they did not make it over the fence,” Harp wrote in his affidavit.
“Regina said that she is from Tahlequah, Oklahoma, and that she met up with another female that she only knows as ‘Jensi’ in Tahlequah today at about 1300 hours (1 p.m.) and that they drove up here to the prison and that she was dropped off to throw the packages over the fence.
“Regina said that she was told that she was going to get some money for throwing the packages over the fence. I asked Regina if she knew whom the packages were for and she said no,” Harp wrote in his affidavit.***
