Bail has been set at $50,000 for a Toledo woman accused of delivering a pill containing fentanyl to a 17-year-old girl who overdosed in Winlock on June 8. She was subsequently accused of hiding meth in her hair when she was booked into the Lewis County Jail on a drug possession charge.
The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched alongside medical personnel to a Winlock residence on Thursday, June 8, for a report that a 17-year-old girl was “in an outside shed, unconscious,” according to court documents. The reporting party told law enforcement he found possible drugs in (the victim’s) pocket while calling 911.”
The 17-year-old was “sitting up, alert and speaking” by the time a deputy spoke with her on June 8, according to court documents.
The girl reportedly told law enforcement she had received a blue pill marked with an “M” from Aniya Jade Brossard, 24, of Toledo, who allegedly told the girl the pill was Percocet and taught her how to smoke it earlier in the day, according to court documents. She reportedly “admitted to smoking the pill in the foil before passing out” and “said she did not know what was in the pill exactly,” according to court documents.
Hospital staff later confirmed the girl had fentanyl in her system.
When questioned further, the girl reportedly told law enforcement Brossard “just gave her the pill and did not purchase or trade for it,” and claimed Brossard “had approximately 10 other pills similar to the one she was provided,” according to court documents.
At approximately 11:30 p.m. on June 8, the deputy reportedly conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle Brossard was a passenger in. When questioned about the allegation she gave a pill to the 17-year-old, Brossard “denied giving the pill to (the girl)” and said the girl “is lying about her because she doesn’t like her,” according to court documents.
Brossard was arrested and was booked into the Lewis County Jail at 12:30 a.m. on Friday, June 9, according to jail records.
When deputies searched her during the arrest, they reportedly found “a $100 bill on her person and nothing else of evidentiary value,” according to court documents.
During the booking process, a deputy reportedly “located foil and a small bag of crystal-like substance in Broussard's hair,” according to court documents. The substance field-tested as a presumptive positive for meth.
Brossard allegedly “said she had hidden the items in her hair for her friend” and, when asked why she hadn’t told the deputy about the items before booking, Brossard “said she was scared to,” according to court documents.
She allegedly admitted to knowing it was illegal to bring controlled substances into a correctional facility.
Brossard was charged Friday, June 9, with one count each of violation of the controlled substances act, which is a class B felony, and possession of a controlled substance while in a correctional facility, which is a class C felony.
Deputy Prosecutor Scott Jackson asked Judge J. Andrew Toynbee to set Brossard’s bail at $100,000 on Friday due to the seriousness of the offense, while defense attorney Rachael Tiller asked Toynbee to set bail no higher than $25,000 due to Brossard’s lack of criminal history and her financial status.
Toynbee opted to set bail between the two requests at $50,000.
“Which, I think, will have the same effect as $100,000 cash or bond,” he said Friday.
Arraignment is scheduled for Thursday, June 15.
