Meet Reagan Cox, a Florida woman who allegedly turned a routine jail booking into a story the internet simply couldn’t ignore.
According to authorities, Cox was initially arrested during a traffic stop on charges related to resisting arrest. That was already a rough day, but things went from bad to unbelievably worse once she arrived at the Brevard County Jail.
Jail staff allegedly noticed something unusual about her “lower region.” Let’s just say they suspected she wasn’t carrying extra confidence.
After a closer inspection, deputies reportedly discovered nearly four grams of cocaine hidden in what social media has lovingly dubbed the “jail purse.” Yes, the jail purse.
Florida continues to prove that reality is funnier than fiction.
Corrections deputies escorted Cox to a changing room, where she attempted “to shield” her buttocks with her hand, authorities said.
When staff removed her hand, a baggie dropped to the floor containing 3.8 grams of cocaine.
“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!!” the sheriff’s office wrote in a statement on Facebook.
Cox denied knowing about the cocaine and told deputies that someone must have placed it there during an “intimate encounter,” according to the statement.
She received an additional charge for bringing contraband into a detention facility — and was released from custody the same day.
“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!!” clinched the sheriff’s office statement.
Still, if the reports are accurate, this is one of those stories that leaves everyone asking the same question. Why?
Sometimes the shortest trip is simply admitting defeat instead of trying to outsmart people whose entire job is searching for hidden contraband.
Florida has delivered another unforgettable headline.
