Texas woman, who police say hid loaded gun in her vagina, gets probation in drug case

WACO, Texas -- A Waco woman who police said packed a loaded pistol in her vagina, has been sentenced to probation after she pleaded guilty to drug possession.

Ashley Cecilia Castaneda has been sentenced to 10 years on deferred probation for methamphetamine possession. The 33-year-old woman also was fined $2,500.

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Police Sgt. W. Patrick Swanton said a jail matron performed a cavity search and found the loaded Smith and Wesson .22-caliber semiautomatic handgun right where Castaneda said she had hid it.

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The gun had a round chambered and a full magazine of bullets, police said.

Castaneda's attorney, Seth Sutton, denied the story as impossible, but Swanton said the police department stood by it.