Two people are facing charges of delivery of heroin after they allegedly threw contraband over the fence to inmates at the Olympic Corrections Center in Forks.

Fernando Andres Reyes, 27, of Des Moines and Dongelique R. Spillers, 30, of Bellevue were booked into Jefferson County Jail Friday after their arrest last week near the prison.

Officials at the minimum security facility, located in Jefferson County south of the Hoh River, discovered in early January an alleged conspiracy to smuggle drugs into the center.

Corrections officers believed drugs had been secreted into the facility “when multiple incarcerated offenders appeared to be under the influence to an extent that staff thought it was possible they may need medical treatment,” according to court documents.

Investigators turned their attention to Luis Reyes after it was believed someone had been throwing drugs over the fence for him to retrieve.

Authorities began to monitor Reyes’ phone calls with his sister, as well as calls to his sister from other inmates, from Nov. 25 through Dec. 6.

One of the drug deliveries was believed to have happened on the night after Thanksgiving.

An investigator monitoring phone calls between Reyes and his sister also allegedly heard Reyes tell his sister to put “it” inside a tennis ball or other packaging that would match the ground where the drugs would be left. He also warned her to place “it” in a bag so “it” wouldn’t get wet.

Reyes then allegedly told her that “everything came out perfect last time,” according to court documents.

During one of the phone calls with his sister, “Reyes discusses her putting it in a bag so it is the same color as where it will be placed so that you can’t see it, exactly as last time, and to not talk too much about it, as well as wanting to do this two or three times.”

Reyes also allegedly told his sister “that he is fine for a few days but he would like a ‘little night-time and oranges’ so that he can keep sending money.”

According to the statement of probable cause for the pair’s arrest, narcotics officers said the terms “night,” “night-time,” and “dark” are often used to refer to heroin. He also mentioned needing chewing tobacco.

“Oranges” is prison slang for Suboxone sublingual strips, which are orange in color, investigators also noted.

Detectives said the smuggling scheme involved Reyes’ sister dropping the packages of drugs in the greenhouse area of the correctional facility, where an inmate who works in the garden would retrieve them and take them to Reyes and his bunkmate.

Investigators said Reyes called his sister again and Fernando Andres Reyes, believed to be the inmate’s brother, said she had been “sluffing” and was sick, with love and relationship problems. Fernando Reyes then offered to make the delivery.

Detectives from the Olympic Peninsula Narcotics Enforcement Team, Washington Department of Corrections investigators, as well as a deputy from the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, started an overnight surveillance of the facility on the night of Thursday, Dec. 9, when they believed another delivery of contraband was planned.

One never did, but early on the morning of Thursday, Dec. 16, investigators learned that a Cadillac registered to the inmate’s sister had been found stuck in a ditch about a half mile away from the prison.

Spillers was found inside the vehicle, and said she had been driving to Ocean Shores with a man named “Andy” but had dropped him off at the driveway to the corrections facility so he could use the bathroom.

She also denied knowing her companion was there to drop off drugs, according to court documents.

Spillers also said she left Reyes by the sign to the prison, and he told her to turn around and come back after he went into the woods.

Authorities took Reyes into custody, but said he would not speak to officers without an attorney present.

Prison staff conducted a search of the unit where Reyes was housed and found a bag of items on the back of the toilet.

According to court documents, it appeared that someone had tried to flush the bag in the toilet but it was so big the toilet became clogged.

Inside the bag, officers found a quarter ounce of suspected heroin, a half ounce of suspected methamphetamine, 37 Suboxone strips, 36 pouches of chew, and a bag of chew.  

Both Spillers and Reyes were booked into the Forks Jail. They were transported from the West End and booked into Jefferson County Jail late last week.

Authorities said Spillers was an accomplice to the alleged crimes because she was the driver of “the would-be get-away car.”

Both Reyes and Spillers are facing felony charges of delivery of a controlled substance (heroin) and second-degree introducing contraband. 

Bail for Reyes was initially set at $50,000; Spillers’ bail was set at $10,000.