Woman Smuggled Drugs Into Delco Prison Via Baby's Diaper Authorities Say

Six people are facing drug-related felony charges after contraband investigations led officials to discover drugs being smuggled into George W. Hill Correction Facility.

According to court documents, Ashlee Seeback, 33, of Pennsauken, has been charged with felony providing contraband to confined persons; misdemeanor providing contraband other than a controlled substance; misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance; and misdemeanor endangering the welfare of a child. Seeback has been remanded to Hill Correction Facility in lieu of $50,000 bail, court records show. Seeback was initially charged with 80 counts of possession of a controlled substance and 81 counts of providing contraband to confined persons, court documents show. All but one count of those charges were withdrawn, court records show.

According to the Delaware County District Attorney's Office, Seeback was charged after a Sept. 3 incident where a correctional officer saw a visitor, later identified as Seeback, take something out of her 1-year-old child's diaper and drop it on the floor, which she then covered with her foot. When the officer approached and had Seeback move her foot, he found 56 Suboxone strips and tobacco in a bundle.

Seeback later told police that she put the bundle in her bra, entered the prison, and while speaking to the inmate, took the bag out of her bra and placed it in her lap between her thighs. She said she was holding her baby and the baby’s foot knocked the bundle to the ground.

According to the probable cause affidavit, Seeback told police prior to her visit at the county prison she met with a man named “Tito” in Philadelphia who gave her a bag that she thought contained tobacco, and also have her a Delaware County inmate's name and inmate number so she could deliver the bag in exchange for $200.

Five Hill inmates have also been charged with drug crimes.

Aleta B. Henry, 35, of Clifton Heights, was charged with felony possession of controlled substance contraband by inmate; felony possession of a controlled substance; and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia. Henry, who was on her way into the prison when the drugs were discovered, had bail set at $25,000, court records show. Henry was searched while being processed which led officers to find something in her genitals. When asked to remove it, pills fell out and Henry attempted to ingest them but officers prevented her from doing so. In total, officers found 87 pills that were later identified as morphine sulfate and Endocet, according to the DA's office.

Daniel Morroni, 23, of Media, with felony possession of controlled substance contraband by an inmate; felony possession of a controlled substance; and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia. Morroni was charged after a search that led officers to find cigarettes and a glassine bag containing what was later were confirmed as K-2 synthetic cannabinoid, according to the DA's office. Morroni was released Sept. 16, according to prison records.

Michael Panichi, 25, of Lansdown with felony possession of controlled substance contraband by an inmate; felony possession of a controlled substance; and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia. Panichi was searched prior to a transfer and officers found a tan strip wrapped in clear plastic in his shirt pocket. After searching Panichi's cell, officers a sweetener packet containing five more strips which were later confirmed as Suboxone.

Andre Carter, 33, of Chester, with felony possession of controlled substance contraband by an inmate;felony possession of a controlled substance; and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia. Carter was fond to be in possession of a package containing K-2 synthetic cannabinoid wrapped in black electrical tape. Carter admitted to officers that he had the drugs in his possession because he owed“people on his block," according to the DA's office.

Elonzo Drayton, 30, of Sharon Hill, with felony possession of controlled substance contraband by an inmate; felony possession of a controlled substance; and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia. Drayton's charges came after an officer noticed him hiding something in his pants. When asked, Drayton turned over a milk carton containing two sweetener packets that had orange strips, which were later confirmed as Suboxone, inside them, the DA's office said.

"Bringing drugs into a correctional facility is a serious felony offense and those who attempt to do so here will be arrested and prosecuted," Delaware County District Attorney Jack Whelan said in a statement. "I would like to commend investigators and correctional officers at the George W. Hill Correction Facility for their immediate attention and response to these incidents."

Photos via George W. Hill Correctional Facility