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From KOCO Oklahoma City
A nurse was arrested after authorities said she brought marijuana into the Oklahoma County Jail and gave it to an inmate.
Investigators with the Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office on Tuesday arrested 41-year-old Amy Terhune, a nurse with Armor Correctional Health Service.
Terhune is accused of bringing marijuana into the jail and passing it to an inmate, according to the Sheriff's office. According to investigators, a detention officer witnessed Terhune hand a brown paper bag to an inmate who then returned to his cell.
The officer confiscated the bag from the inmate. An examination of the bag found it to contain multiple baggies of a green leafy substance which resembled marijuana, according to the Sheriff's office.
Terhune was booked into the jail on a count of possession of contraband in a penal institution.
Armor Correctional Health Service is the contract medical health care provider for the jail. Officials released the following statement:
"Armor is aware of the allegations and if proven to be true, the company would never condone any criminal conduct by any of our employees. Our employee policies and procedures, and continuous training firmly state that patient care is first and foremost. This is not a reflection of Armor’s culture or representative of the many care-providers dedicated to providing medical treatment in the Oklahoma County Jail. "
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