A local woman found passed out in her car Friday afternoon was arrested on multiple felony charges after a large quantity of meth, a gun and various pills were allegedly found in her car.
Florence Ruth McClun, 40, who lists a Lakeshore Drive address, was taken into custody shortly before 4:30 p.m. and charged with simultaneous possession of drugs and a firearm, punishable by up to life in prison, possession of meth with purpose to deliver, punishable by up to 30 years, three counts of possession of a controlled substance with purpose to deliver, punishable by six to 20 years, and possession of marijuana and two counts of possession of drug paraphernalia, punishable by up to six.
McClun was being held on zero bond and appeared Monday in Garland County District Court.
According to the probable cause affidavit, shortly before 4 p.m. Friday, Hot Springs police Officer Richard Davis responded to CVS Pharmacy, 3630 Central Ave., regarding a suspected intoxicated driver in a gold Hyundai Sante Fe that a caller followed into the parking lot.
Davis located the Sante Fe in the lot and noted the driver had run over the curb before parking incorrectly between two parking spots. He found a woman, identified as McClun, "slumped over in the driver's seat sleeping." After he woke her up and asked for ID, she reportedly spent several minutes going through her wallet before handing him an EBT card.
He noted she was "very incoherent and unaware of what was going on," and appeared to be under the influence of something that made her a danger to herself and others so he took her into custody on a misdemeanor count of public intoxication. LifeNet responded and cleared her to be taken to jail.
In inventorying the car, Davis reportedly located a purse in the passenger seat which contained a wallet with a baggie of marijuana, 3.8 grams, three syringes, a black zipper bag with 10 individual baggies of what later tested positive for meth, a total of 131.1 grams, digital scales, several miscellaneous pills and a .380-caliber handgun.
The pills were later identified as four hydrocodone, 10 Clonazepam, and six strips of sublingual film containing naloxone.
Local on 03/05/2019