Running red light leads to more trouble
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The defendant, Vickie Lee Etheridge, 32, is charged with possession of drugs, drug paraphernalia, driving without a license and running a red-light.
She was arrested recently after she started to run a red light, catching herself at the last minute causing her car to skid into an intersection directly in front of a deputy.
“It caught his eye to say the least when the woman slid through the intersection,” said Sheriff Jackie Matheny, noting the deputy pulled the woman over in light of the reckless driving.
During the stop, the deputy found Etheridge had no driver’s license, prompting her arrest. It was during a later search officers found 34.5 grams of ice hidden in the vehicle. Ice is a potent and pure form of meth which gains its name from the crystals it comes in, appearing like clear ice. While hundreds of meth labs have been seized in Warren County, only a couple of labs have been caught making ice, therefore, Matheny said he is unsure if the ice was manufactured locally.
“We haven’t seen a lot of ice here, maybe a couple of cases over the years,” Matheny said. “As far as drugs, it’s pretty rare around here when you consider how many meth cases we’ve had.”