ELKINS — Probable cause for the arrest of a Marion County woman who was allegedly found in possession of drugs at Tygart Valley Regional Jail was ruled to have been met in Randolph County Magistrate Court.

Cassie Chase Poland, 19, of Fairmont, is charged with one felony count of transporting a controlled substance into a jail. Her bond remains set at $50,000 cash or surety by Randolph County Magistrate Ben Shepler.

The probable cause finding means Poland’s case will be bound over to the Randolph County Circuit Court for presentation to a grand jury.

Randolph County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Leckta Poling represented the state while Poland appeared with Melissa Roman as defense counsel. Shepler presided.

According to a criminal complaint filed in Randolph County Magistrate Court, at approximately 9:30 p.m. March 19, Trooper 1st Class D.T. Stallings, of the West Virginia State Police, was transporting an individual to the jail when he received a complaint about another inmate being in possession of a controlled substance.

Cpl. Joseph Brown told Stallings that a “large quantity” of a controlled substance had been located on an inmate earlier the same day. Stallings was given a plastic bag containing a “large quantity” of a translucent, crystalline substance consistent with methamphetamine. Stallings noted in the report the substance was approximately the size of a golf ball.

At approximately 5 p.m. March 29, Stallings was provided with a statement from Brown, an employee of the West Virginia Regional Jail Authority. The statement said an “unclothed body search” had been administered to Poling as at approximately 9:10 p.m. March 19 as part of the intake process.

Brown said Correctional Officer Megan Linger located the substance during the search and secured it. A field test of the substance yielded positive results for methamphetamine, according to the complaint.

If convicted, Poland could be sentenced to not less than two nor more than 10 years in the state penitentiary, fined not less than $1,000 nor more than $5,000, or both. Or, at the discretion of the court, she could be sentenced to not more than one year in jail and fined not more than $500.