State investigators have accused a Reisterstown woman of impersonating an attorney to have sex with an inmate in a Baltimore City jail.

“It was an elaborate scheme,” said Maj. Priscilla Doggett, a spokeswoman for the prison system. “I’m not aware of something like this ever occurring before.”

Tiffany Gwen Weaver, 29, showed jail officers Nov. 13 a fake Maryland State Bar Association Security Identification Pass with her photo attached to the name of Amanda Sprehn of the Annapolis law firm Hyatt, Peters & Weber. She also presented jail officials with a business card with Sprehn’s name, according to charging documents filed Monday in Baltimore City District Court.

Weaver visited inmate Jason Moody at Maryland Reception, Diagnostic and Classification Center and, once alone with him in a room for attorney-client visits, began engaging in sexual intercourse with him and was observed by jail officials, investigators said.

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Sprehn said she was surprised to learn of the identity theft from her law firm after prison officials sent her bosses a letter saying she was banned from the jail.

“I was out on maternity leave,” she said. “They informed me they received a letter saying I had been caught having sex with an inmate — which was a real laugh.”

The experience was especially humiliating for Sprehn because rumors about her having sex with inmates spread throughout the legal community, she said.

“I haven’t a clue how she got onto my identity,” Sprehn said, adding that she has never represented Weaver. “I certainly feel like a victim. My reputation is at stake. There were already rumors circulating about me in Annapolis. My colleagues had to squash the rumors.”

After prison investigators spoke with Sprehn’s law firm, they realized the business card and security pass Weaver presented were fakes, according to charging documents.

Weaver now faces seven charges stemming from the incident, including forgery of the security pass, which carries a maximum prison sentence of 10 years.

She also is charged with false use of government identification, fraud, displaying another’s government ID, issuing fake documents and forgery.

Weaver could not be reached for comment.

lbroadwater@baltimoreexaminer.com