RICHMOND, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – An inmate’s family member is under arrest after allegedly trying to smuggle drugs into an inmate graduation at the Haynesville Correctional Center in Richmond County on the Northern Neck. The Virginia Department of Corrections says Newport News resident Kristyn Nicole Mazzariello is charged with manufacturing, selling, giving, distributing, or possessing with intent to manufacture, sell, give, or distribute a controlled substance or an imitation controlled substance.

VADOC says Mazzariello attempted to visit Haynesville November 22 for a scheduled inmate graduation. Facility investigators and OLES special agents stopped and spoke to Mazzariello and later asked her to submit to a drug and contraband scan from a VADOC K-9. The K-9 alerted during the scan of Mazzariello’s body and later alerted inside Mazzariello’s vehicle. Mazzariello admitted to having drugs and surrendered three packages that were previously concealed on her body. The packages contained 90 Buprenorphine and Naloxone strips and 7 synthetic marijuana papers, totaling approximately $75,000 in prison value.