A Brooklyn woman was busted for trying to smuggle cash and drugs to her inmate son at an upstate prison, state police said.
Yelena Linsalato, 43, of Avenue Z in Sheepshead Bay was visiting her son Alexander Krasnikov, 23, at the Fishkill Correctional Facility about 7:30 p.m. Saturday when a corrections officer spotted her passing cash and a “controlled substance” to the inmate, Inspector Benjamin Walsh told The Post Monday.
She was charged with first-degree promoting prison contraband, a felony, and possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor.
“It was accident,” Linsalato insisted when reached by phone at her home. “I don’t want to talk to you.”
Walsh said the substance was being tested and that police would not identify it until the results come back. Krasnikov is serving six years after being convicted of first-degree robbery and burglary charges.
Linsalato was arraigned in Fishkill Town Court and later released from the Dutchess County jail on $500 cash bail.
She is due back in court on Tuesday.