(Michigan City, IN) - A visitor at Indiana State Prison is accused of trying to bring tobacco into the facility.

 

A large amount of methamphetamine was also allegedly discovered in her vehicle outside the prison.

 

Debra Doyle, 56, is charged in La Porte Superior Court 2 with trafficking with an inmate and dealing in methamphetamine.

 

According to court records, Doyle on August 30 was found with a package of tobacco in her pants while going through a body scan at the prison on Michigan City’s west side.

 

During a search of her vehicle outside the prison, a bag containing 65 grams of methamphetamine was allegedly discovered.

 

Doyle denied the methamphetamine was hers and told investigators she forgot about the tobacco in her pants which was meant for her to take to a friend at a halfway house, according to court documents. 

 

She could face anywhere from 10 to 30 years on the Level 2 felony dealing in methamphetamine charge and a one to six year sentence on the Level 5 felony count of trafficking with an inmate.

 

Doyle was still being held today in the La Porte County Jail on $50,000 bond.