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Published 09:33 02 Jul 2026 GMT
Reagan Cox was arrested on Saturday, June 27 in Brevard County, Florida, after reportedly resisting arrest during a traffic stop.
Inmate records and a statement from the Brevard County Sheriff's Office state that the US woman has been accused of attempting to smuggle cocaine into jail by hiding it inside her body.
The 30-year-old was booked into Brevard County Jail, where she was screened with a body scanner, which found an “abnormality” in her “lower region,” according to investigators.
They stated that it was in this part of her body, also known as her “jail purse area if you will.”
This resulted in the Florida woman being taken to a changing room, where officers searched her, ultimately revealing that she had tried to sneak drugs into the penitentiary.
After corrections deputies took Cox to a changing room, she allegedly tried “to shield” her buttocks with her hand, according to authorities.
Once the workers removed her hand, “a baggie dropped to the floor containing approximately 3.8 grams of cocaine,” the statement read.
The Sheriff's Office wrote in a lighthearted statement on Facebook: “You really just can’t make this stuff up… butt you sure can try as this one puts the ole … ’those are not my pants’ excuse to shame!!”
Cox even denied knowing about the drugs, telling deputies that it must have been put there in the midst of an “intimate encounter,” said the statement.
The sheriff's office statement then explained: "There’s just not much else to say about this one folks, other than Cox received an additional charge for Introduction of Contraband into a Detention Facility for bringing cocaine into the jail facility!!
"Folks, if not realizing that someone left cocaine in your 'Jail Purse,' is not a good enough reminder to not do drugs, then I don’t know what is!!"
It is currently unclear if her actions will result in more severe punishments.
Online inmate records indicate that Cox was released from custody later that day, with it yet to be confirmed if she entered a plea to the charges.
There is also the possibility that she retained an attorney to speak on her behalf.
The opening line of the sheriff's office's statement wasn't wrong at all: "You really just can’t make this stuff up."
