LANCASTER – A Westerville woman will appear in the Fairfield Municipal Court today after Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers arrested her yesterday for conveying illegal drugs onto the grounds of the Southeastern Correctional Institution.

Troopers charged Kimberly Livingston, 37, with illegal conveyance onto the grounds of a correctional facility, a third-degree felony.

Troopers and Department of Rehabilitation and Correction investigators obtained information that Livingston planned to convey illegal drugs into the Southeastern Correctional Institution. She was arrested yesterday after troopers discovered one balloon containing nine grams of marijuana on her person.

Livingston was incarcerated at the Fairfield County Jail. If convicted, she could face up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol investigates criminal activity on state owned and/or leased property.

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