A local woman was arrested on felony and misdemeanor drug charges early Monday after she was reportedly pulled over for driving on a suspended license.
Lyndsie Danielle Ferrell, 38, who lists a Southern Charms Loop address, was taken into custody shortly before 2:30 a.m. and charged with felony counts of possession of a controlled substance, meth, possession of a counterfeit substance and possession of drug paraphernalia, each punishable by up to six years in prison, and misdemeanor counts of possession of drug paraphernalia and driving on a suspended driver's license.
Ferrell, who lists no prior felony history, was being held on a $9,000 bond and is set to appear on Dec. 8 in Garland County District Court.
According to the probable cause affidavit, Hot Springs police Sgt. Zach Brown was on patrol in the 1100 block of Westinghouse Drive when he saw a white Honda Civic and a computer check showed the listed owner was Ferrell who had a suspended driver's license due to a previous driving while intoxicated conviction.
He stopped the car and made contact with the driver, verifying it was Ferrell, and "given that Ferrell had numerous previous citations for driving on suspended," he took her into custody.
During an inventory of the car prior to towing, Brown allegedly found a bag on the passenger seat containing two glass pipes with residue consistent with smoking marijuana. Ferrell reportedly confirmed they were "weed pipes" and that she did not have a medical marijuana card.
In a small baggie in the floorboard, officers reportedly found another glass pipe with suspected meth residue and a syringe with 8 dosage units, or 1.6 grams, of what later tested positive for meth.
Behind the passenger seat, officers allegedly found another baggie with 39.9 grams of an off-white crystalline substance consistent with meth that was tied in a knot, "consistent with narcotic sales." A field test of the substance was inconclusive for meth so it was sent off to the state crime lab for further evaluation.