Ex-nurses smuggling drugs, weapons to jail inmates

Ex-nurse charged with smuggling drugs, weapons to jail inmates, sources say

Chantiel Cox, 25, a nurse who worked at the Nassau County jail, is facing felony charges after her arrest Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016 in what sources say was a conspiracy that involved using her job with the facility's private medical provider, Armor Correctional Health Services, to smuggle drugs and weapons to inmates. (Credit: Howard Schnapp)

A nurse who worked at the Nassau County jail is facing felony charges following her arrest Thursday after investigators uncovered a conspiracy in which she used her job with Armor Correctional Health Services to smuggle drugs and weapons to inmates, sources said.

Nurse Chantiel Cox, 25, is among three suspects who were charged this week in a scheme involving inmates who are Bloods gang members,...

Amanda Minnieer, Chantiel Cox, and Sharonda Hall face felony charges in a case of smuggling drugs and weapons to inmates at the Nassau County jail, authorities said. (Credit: NCPD )

While doling out medication, a nurse at Nassau’s jail also allegedly smuggled razors and synthetic marijuana to inmates in a contraband conspiracy that led to three arrests, the county’s top prosecutor said Friday.

Nurse Chantiel Cox, 25, of Amityville was arraigned Friday following her arrest Thursday on felony and misdemeanor charges of promoting prison contraband and a misdemeanor conspiracy...