PHILADELPHIA, PA — U.S. Attorney David Metcalf has announced that Talia Hicks, 32, of Philadelphia, entered a guilty plea on Thursday in federal court to one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. The plea was accepted by United States District Court Judge Kelley Brisbon Hodge.
Court documents and Hicks’ own admission revealed that from December 2019 to November 2024, she conspired with multiple individuals, including a co-conspirator identified as T.T., to smuggle Suboxone into the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility (CFCF).
The investigation uncovered video tablet communications at CFCF in which T.T. discussed inmates sending CashApp and Apple payment transfers to both T.T. and Hicks. Financial records further demonstrated that Hicks sent and received CashApp and Green Dot payments on T.T.’s behalf. Hicks either facilitated payments for the drug or supplied Suboxone to an unidentified co-conspirator for smuggling into the correctional facility.
Hicks is set to be sentenced on July 8. She faces a maximum prison term of 10 years for the charge.
The case was investigated by the FBI and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jason D. Grenell.
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