Woman turns up to jail with weed-scented bail money, lands in the slammer herself

If you are going to engage with the justice system by paying the bail of a person in custody, it is certainly smart to make sure you have your own house in order – or at least some clean smelling bills.

That goes double when the person you are bailing out is there on drugs charges.

Unfortunately for one Louisiana woman, her use of cash that reeked of marijuana has proved her undoing. And now she needs her own bail savior.

Stormy Lynn Parfait, 33, of Gary, arrived to the Terrebonne Parish Criminal Justice Complex last week to pay the $5,000 bond for an inmate in custody for drug charges.

However, as soon as she set foot in the jail, correctional officers could not help catching a strong whiff of weed emanating from the money she proffered for the bail payment.

As she returned to her car, a jailhouse detective was quickly dispatched by prison authorities to follow her back out into the parking lot and see if he could get to the bottom of the strong odor.

The detective approached Parfait, who had already returned to her car, and conducted a search inside the vehicle.

Authorities uncovered nearly $40,000 in cash, 96 Klonopin pills and a food stamp card that did not belong to the woman, according to ABC News.

A search warrant was then obtained for Parfait’s home on Bon Jovi Boulevard and narcotics agents entered the residence.

Four unattended children were found inside the home, in addition to two Klonopin pills, 3.56 ounces of marijuana, 704 Tizanidine pills, 5.61 ounces of cocaine, 25 THC pins and a bottle of Promethazine.

Cops have not yet made clear the relationship between Parfait and the inmate she was trying to bail out. Suffice to say, Parfait is now in very hot water herself.

She is charged with multiple counts of possession with intent to distribute drugs, four counts of illegal use of a controlled drug in the presence of persons under 17, taking contraband to or into a correctional institution and other related charges.

As of the weekend, Parfait was in jail awaiting her bond hearing. 

She may have also been looking around for bond bailsmen with freshly scented notes!