Local News in Brief : Woman Indicted in Prison Cocaine Case
A Burbank woman has been indicted for allegedly smuggling cocaine into Terminal Island Federal Correctional Institute to her boyfriend, who is being held on explosives and drug conspiracy charges.
The woman, Bonnie Starheim, 46, is accused of taking six grams of cocaine to Donald Ewald, 40, who is awaiting trial after his arrest outside Taft High School in Woodland Hills. He allegedly tried to sell military explosives and 100 grams of PCP to undercover officers.
The cocaine was found in the prison on April 9, said Assistant U.S. Atty. David Katz.
Starheim pleaded not guilty Monday to charges of cocaine possession, bringing contraband to a prison and making false statements on government forms. Her trial was scheduled for July 14 in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles.
Ewald’s trial is scheduled June 9.
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