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Two charged in attempt to deliver drugs to inmate

By Bill Moss, Published: April 22, 2017

A 54-year-old Forest City man and a 46-year-old East Flat Rock woman face felony charges after jailers intercepted a shampoo bottle stuffed with balloons that contained meth, pot and narcotic pills.

After guards at the Henderson County jail seized the shampoo bottle on March 8, detectives conducted a lengthy investigation into the matter resulting in the arrest of Edward Luther Russell and Hillary Nicole Hudson.

Russell was charged with felony conspiracy to sell/deliver Schedule II CS, felony conspiracy to sell/deliver Schedule VI CS and  felony conspiracy to sell/deliver Schedule IV CS. He was jailed on a $87,000 secured bond. Hudson was charged with conspiracy to sell/deliver Schedule II CS, conspiracy to sell/deliver Schedule VI CS and felony conspiracy to sell/deliver Schedule IV CS. She was released from the Henderson County jail under a $30,000 secured bond.