Woman pleads guilty to sneaking fentanyl into jail, giving it to inmates who overdosed
by WLOS staff
FILE - District Attorney Ashley Hornsby Welch says Megan Tate, 27, of Sylva, pleaded guilty July 8 in Jackson County Superior Court to two counts of trafficking in illegal drugs. Tate will spend at least 140 months and as much as 186 months in the N.C. Department of Public Corrections, the DA says. (Photo courtesy of{ }District Attorney Ashley Hornsby Welch)
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) —
A Sylva woman pleaded guilty earlier this week to distributing a substance that contained fentanyl to two inmates who overdosed in the Jackson County jail.
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Megan Tate, 28, faces up to 20 years in prison.
Investigators said when Tate was arrested in April 2021, she smuggled the drug past jail security by concealing it in a body cavity.
According to court records, both overdose victims were transported to the hospital and one victim was placed on a ventilator. Both victims later recovered.
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Tate is in federal custody. A sentencing date has not been set.
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