The suspect accused of attempting to get drugs through a security checkpoint and into Green Hill School on Sunday has been identified as the same former Green Hill School employee who was convicted of official misconduct earlier this year after she was accused of having a relationship with an inmate at the juvenile detention facility.
Angel Misner, 33, of Ethel, was arrested on Monday following a joint investigation between the Chehalis Police Department and Green Hill School, according to a Chehalis Police Department news release.
She was charged Tuesday, April 1, in Lewis County Superior Court with one count each of possession of marijuana with intent to manufacture or deliver and second-degree attempted introducing contraband.
Her bail is set at $100,000.
The incident was reported to the Chehalis Police Department at approximately 12:45 p.m. on March 30, according to police call logs.
Misner is accused of concealing 1.3 pounds of suspected THC wax inside a food order that she attempted to drop off for a current Green Hill School employee, according to the news release.
“That employee has been questioned and is cooperating with the ongoing investigation. They have not been charged at this time,” the Chehalis Police Department stated in a news release.
The employee had reportedly made a DoorDash purchase of a burrito on his phone for one of his students, claiming “he did not know what was in the burrito and the order was placed as he had lost a bet with one of the students,” according to charging documents filed in Lewis County Superior Court on Tuesday.
Court documents indicate that the employee possibly “allowed it to be ordered on his phone” and did not place the order himself.
The student was not identified in court documents released Tuesday.
The woman who arrived “to deliver the alleged order was allowed to enter the facility,” according to court documents.
The woman, who was wearing a white hoodie and carrying a white bag, was “recognized by two employees as Angel Misner” when she entered the facility, according to court documents.
Misner was reportedly confronted by a Green Hill School employee who knew her.
When confronted, Misner reportedly dropped the bag and left the facility.
“The bag was inspected, and it contained a large burrito that had been cut into two pieces. Inside the burrito were two large bricks of what officers recognized, based on their training and experience, to be THC wax,” the Lewis County Prosecutor’s Office stated in charging documents.
Misner was booked into the Lewis County Jail at 3 p.m. on Monday after Chehalis Police Department officers located her through the Flock Safety camera system, according to jail records and a Chehalis Police Department news release.
While Deputy Prosecutor Paul Masiello acknowledged that Misner was acquitted on all but one of the counts she was charged with last year, “For purposes of this hearing, I think it illuminates that she engaged in essentially the same conduct she did back then with the introduction of contraband,” Masiello said during Misner’s preliminary hearing in Lewis County Superior Court on Tuesday.
“This behavior poses a threat not only to the people in Green Hill, but also to the staff at Green Hill, given what can happen when these substances are distributed,” Masiello said.
Defense attorney Rachael Tiller asked Judge Joely Yeager not to consider the allegations that Misner was acquitted from back in January, specifically the allegation that she introduced contraband into the facility.
“She was acquitted of the very charges that Mr. Masiello was just speaking of,” Tiller said.
Tiller said Tuesday that Misner asked to be allowed to be released on electronic home monitoring instead of having bail set, citing the need to care for her four children while her husband is at work.
She is not employed at this time, according to Tiller.
“I’m going to grant the state’s request for $100,000 cash or bond,” Yeager said Tuesday. “... This is a situation where she was found guilty of official misconduct for incidents that occurred at Green Hill, she was trespassed from Green Hill.”
Yeager also cited the “huge risk” the introduction of controlled substances at Green Hill School poses to staff, inmates and the community at large as a reason for the relatively high bail amount.
“She appears to not be able to follow orders and it’s really, really rapid recidivism in this situation, as well,” Yeager said.
Misner’s arraignment hearing is scheduled for Thursday, April 10.
2024 charges
Misner was fired from Green Hill School in July 2024 when she was arrested on alleged custodial sexual misconduct, tampering with a witness, introducing contraband, money laundering and abuse of office charges.
Misner was accused of having phone conversations with one of the 43 adult inmates who were transferred to state Department of Corrections (DOC) custody in July in an effort to reduce overcrowding, according to court documents.
In recorded phone conversations, Misner and the adult inmate reportedly spoke “regarding wedding plans … and having contraband in a water bottle with a false bottom in his belongings prior to being sent to DOC,” according to court documents.
They also discussed Misner performing a sex act, according to the documents.
A security search of the inmate’s property yielded a water bottle containing a cellphone, charging cable, two small screwdrivers, a $1 bill and “a blue colored note paper folded up with something inside.”
Green Hill School staff later found internal video footage that reportedly shows Misner kissing the inmate inside the facility before the inmate was transferred. Investigators also reportedly found photos and text messages that were sent via the DOC’s telephone app.
Investigators also found “evidence that shows Misner is providing financial support to (the inmate” while he is at DOC, and “even that (the inmate) has access to Misner’s bank account,” according to court documents.
As part of the investigation, Misner was asked to return to the Green Hill campus in Chehalis, “which led to their arrest on campus today,” DCYF said in a news release on July 24, 2024.
Misner “believed she still worked there” at the time, according to court documents.
She was escorted off of the campus property and taken into custody when she arrived on July 24. After a Chehalis Police Department detective presented her with the evidence he had collected, Misner allegedly admitted to having sexual contact with the inmate. She reportedly “acted shocked but did not say much more,” according to court documents.
Shortly after her arrest, Misner reportedly asked the detective for help accessing several phone numbers from her phone. One of those numbers belonged to the other Green Hill corrections staff member who was later charged for alleged crimes at Green Hill.
The detective reportedly told Misner that the other employee was under investigation at the time and said “if she speaks to (the employee) about this case, it could be considered witness tampering,” according to court documents.
The next day, July 25, Lewis County Jail staff informed the Chehalis Police Department that Misner had made at least four phone calls that morning to the other employee and spoke about the adult inmate. An unidentified male reportedly joined in on the call from the other employee’s end of the line, and the three of them were reportedly recorded making light of the case, with the male asking Misner “is your mugshot hot?” and Misner allegedly saying, “between the two of us, I wonder who is going to have more publicity” before laughing, according to court documents.
Misner was acquitted on all but the official misconduct charge following a non-jury trial on Jan. 21, 2025.
She was sentenced Jan. 23 to 364 days in jail with credit for 183 days served. The remaining 181 days were suspended for 24 months, meaning Misner would not have to serve any of that jail time so long as she followed her conditions of release, which include no additional law violations.
She was released from the Lewis County Jail following her sentencing hearing on Jan. 23, according to previous Chronicle reporting.
Court documents indicate Misner was trespassed from Green Hill School as part of the resolution of that case.
Misner was one of seven Green Hill School corrections employees who were charged or referred on charges for alleged crimes that took place at the facility in 2024, according to previous Chronicle reporting. So far, Misner is the only one of those seven employees to have been convicted on a criminal charge. One case resulted in acquittal in a non-jury trial, one case was dismissed without prejudice, one was ultimately not charged and three were still active as of Monday afternoon.
The most recent thwarted attempt to smuggle drugs into Green Hill School was reported on Dec. 23, 2024, when staff “successfully intercepted a football filled with drugs that were thrown over the fence,” according to previous Chronicle reporting.
Earlier that month, Green Hill School announced that it was in the process of implementing new security restrictions aimed at combating the smuggling of contraband into the facility, including increasing the volume of searches, reducing numbers of visitors and limiting what staff, contractors and visitors can bring onto campus.
The announcement came in the wake of a series of eight medical emergencies within two weeks that involved contraband at the facility, according to previous Chronicle reporting.
