A former detention officer has pleaded guilty to bringing contraband into the Adult Detention Center where she worked for the Mohave County sheriff’s office in Kingman. Ashley Desiree Aquino, 24, Bullhead City, was arrested last November when accused of bringing heroin and other contraband into the jail.
Through a plea agreement entered Monday, Aquino will be convicted of one count of promoting prison contraband. Prosecutor James Schoppmann told the Court that Aquino smuggled tobacco into the jail, providing it to her inmate boyfriend Ryan Valente Acosta, 29, Bullhead City, and inmate Matthew Solari, 31, Needles.
Schoppmann said Aquino was aware that the inmates intended to use the tobacco to trade for drugs from other inmates. Other charges alleging Aquino also brought heroin into the jail are dismissed in the agreement.
Aquino is eligible for probation but can also get up to 2.5 years in prison when sentenced May 15 by Mohave County Court Commissioner Billy Sipe.
