Minneapolis defense attorney Sarah Gad denied smuggling drugs into Hennepin County Jail after authorities found drug residue in her garbage and home during a search warrant execution and trash pull.

Sarah Rafat Gad is identified in a search warrant affidavit filed by the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office on Monday, with the document alleging she abused the power of her position as a defense attorney by giving cocaine and fentanyl-laced documents to two of her clients.

Law enforcement officials are investigating after an inmate at the Hennepin County Jail was allegedly caught with legal paperwork laced with drugs. A search warrant targets an attorney who met with the inmate.

The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office is looking for a 46-year-old inmate who escaped police custody Sunday afternoon. Billy Mason was being prepared for transport with other inmates just before 2 p.m.

A search warrant affidavit says a deputy found cocaine-laced paperwork in an inmate's cell on Dec. 31 and are investigating whether it was delivered by his attorney.

A Minneapolis attorney is under investigation on suspicion of sneaking illicit drugs to inmates in the Hennepin County jail, according to newly filed court documents. A search warrant affidavit filed Monday in District Court says Sarah Rafat Gad used her privilege as a defense attorney to avoid detection in recent months and slipped papers soaked in cocaine and fentanyl to two of her clients,