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A female inmate in a San Mateo County jail died of the toxic effects of fentanyl supplied by another prisoner, the county Coroner’s Office said Friday.
The September death of Markeisha Monique Renee Blount, 31, was an accident, the Coroner’s Office said.
The District Attorney’s office has charged 34-year-old Ashley “Ashly” J. Gromnicki with homicide for bringing drugs containing fentanyl into the Maple Street Correctional Facility and providing them to Blount.
Blount was found dead about 6 a.m. on Sept. 29 in a housing unit at the facility.
Deterring and preventing contraband, particularly dangerous drugs, from the jails “is a top priority,” the Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.
“The Sheriff’s Office utilizes state-of-the-art body scanning machines, narcotics detection K-9s and search procedures to deter, detect and intercept the smuggling of illegal drugs,” the office said.
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