FORT PIERCE — Danielle Gargano repeatedly told deputies she had nothing — not one thing — in her private parts.

Even when deputies at the St. Lucie County Jail told Gargano, 32, on Aug. 10 that if she had drugs or weapons on her that bringing them in the jail would result in a charge of smuggling contraband into a detention center, she remained steadfast in her denial, an affidavit states.

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Gargano had been brought to the jail by Fort Pierce police who were called to an address in the 1900 block of Hartman Road after a vehicle ran off the road and into a ditch.

The driver, identified as Gargano, was found to have a suspended license and taken to jail.

At the jail she was asked several questions, including whether she had weapons or drugs.

Gargano said she had nothing on her.

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Investigators reported the last time Gargano came into jail, she had three rocks of crack cocaine hidden inside her body, an area not typically associated with rocks of crack cocaine.

Investigators placed Gargano on a body scanner, which indicated “something” was in the area of her private parts.

Gargano again denied having anything.

A nurse also couldn’t make heads or tails of what was inside Gargano.

When investigators began working on paperwork for a “cavity search,” Gargano disclosed she had something hidden there.

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Deputies say she extracted “a half crack pipe with a whitish/yellowish rock located in the tip of the pipe,” the affidavit states.

With the apparent mystery solved, investigators tested the rock and reported it tested positive for cocaine.

It’s unclear why Gargano had the crack pipe hidden where it was.

More common places to carry small objects, such as drug pipes and crack cocaine, include purses and pockets.

Gargano, of the 500 block of North 13th Street in Fort Pierce, was arrested on charges including possession of cocaine, possession and or use of drug equipment, driving with suspended license, smuggling contraband into a detention facility and resisting an officer without violence.

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