It hasn’t been a year since Hannah Crowder, 31, of Birmingham, was arrested for attempting to introduce contraband to Staton Correctional Facility. But Monday, she entered a guilty plea to trafficking LSD, trafficking a synthetic controlled substance, first-degree promoting prison contraband, obstructing justice using a false identity and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. It follows recent indictments from an Elmore County grand jury on the charges.
Crowder’s obstructing justice charge was because she gave a false name and social security number to law enforcement.
She will be sentenced next month by Judge Joy Booth. Crowder’s plea agreement does not contain sentencing suggestions. The trafficking charges are Class A felonies punishable by 10 years to life in prison.
Crowder was one of three arrested while found trespassing on prison grounds. The others were Carrie Drake, 43, of Irondale, and a juvenile. As they were being detained by the Alabama Department of Corrections Law Enforcement Services Division a bookbag was confiscated.
The bag contained charging blocks, charging wires, earbuds, knives, cell phones and a bag of assorted drugs.
Drake remains in the Elmore County Jail with a bond of $3,015,500 available to her. According to court records, an Elmore County grand jury has not been presented the case.
Crowder doesn’t have any felony convictions on her record but she was arrested in 2017 in Etowah County on similar charges. Prosecutors there chose to nolle prosse indicted charges of trafficking methamphetamine, possession of a controlled substance and possession of marijuana. She also has numerous other charges from Etowah County that were not billed by the grand jury.
