Pueblo man arrested for allegedly bringing fentanyl into prison

A Pueblo man arrested on July 23 on a vehicular ejection warrant has been charged with several new charges after he allegedly swallowed dozens of fentanyl pills before being booked into the Pueblo County Jail.

According to a press release from the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office, 39-year-old Chad Edmonds is said to have swallowed 37 fentanyl pills before his arrest.

PCSO prison officers “received information” that Edmonds “may have been ingesting drugs” prior to his arrest and questioned Edmonds about the allegations, which he denied.

“Deputies suggested conducting a full body scan on Edmonds to see if there were any items inside his body,” PCSO officials said in the press release.

“Edmonds initially refused to be examined but later agreed. Edmonds was taken to a local hospital on July 24, where a scan was performed that revealed there were 20 to 30 small, round objects in his intestines.”

According to PCSO, Edmonds then admitted to swallowing fentanyl tablets before his arrest.

He was taken back to prison and placed in a dry cell – that is, a cell without any sanitary facilities such as a toilet or shower – where he was “closely monitored until he handed over the bag of pills.”

When Edmonds passed the bag on, officers discovered that the small objects in his intestines were fentanyl tablets.

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