In a plea deal reached April 13, a Wiscasset woman pleaded guilty to trafficking in prison contraband, a class C felony, and violating conditions of release, a class E misdemeanor. An attempted aggravated assault charge, a class C felony, against Susan Doray, 30, of Wiscasset, was dismissed due to the two other guilty pleas.
Doray was indicted Dec. 2 for attempted aggravated assault for allegedly putting her breast milk in another inmate’s drink. According to an affidavit by jail investigator Paul Rubashkin, Doray could have transmitted hepatitis C to the inmate.
According to Assistant District Attorney Andrew Wright, the attempted aggravated assault charge was dismissed due to the hurdles involved in proving Doray intentionally tried to transmit hepatitis C to the other inmate.
There was no question Doray put her breast milk in another inmate’s drink, Wright said. The hurdles involved in obtaining a conviction stemmed from proving Doray was intentionally trying to cause serious bodily injury through the transmission of hepatitis C, Wright said.
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, hepatitis can only be transmitted through infected blood, not breast milk. Doray previously denied having hepatitis C; however, Doray’s medical condition was neither confirmed nor denied during court proceedings, Wright said.
Doray was one of six prisoners exhibiting signs of intoxication at Two Bridges Regional Jail, according to the Rubashkin’s affidavit. In interviews with Rubashkin, Doray allegedly revealed she had distributed Suboxone and the amphetamine Vyvanse to other inmates.
Doray was sentenced to nine months for trafficking in prison contraband and three months for violating conditions of release, to be served consecutively at Two Bridges Regional Jail. Doray must also pay $1,140 in fines once she is released.
According to Wright, the plea deal allowed for an appropriate sentence and “was a better answer than using a lot of our resources to get the same result,” Wright said.
