Last weekend, a deputy from the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office was patrolling when they reported that a pickup truck with what appeared to be the driver’s seat belt was hanging outside the vehicle. When the license plate was checked, the deputy discovered that the one on the truck was registered to a different car, and the registration tag was expired. The deputy turned on the lights and siren and performed a traffic stop. It was estimated that it took approximately 30 seconds for the driver to pull over and stop the truck, and the deputy noted that they believed it was longer than necessary.
When speaking with the deputy, the woman reportedly stated that the truck was registered in her name, but her license plate had fallen off, and she had borrowed one from a friend’s vehicle. She also allegedly said her driver’s license was suspended, and that she didn’t put on her seatbelt because she was in a hurry.
The woman was taken into custody. According to the police report, when the authorities searched her while she was being booked, they allegedly found six syringes and a bag containing 2 grams of fentanyl inside “a black sock tucked into the area of [suspect’s name redacted] vaginal cavity.” She was housed in the county jail on multiple charges, including one felony count of possession of fentanyl, one felony count of smuggling a controlled substance into a county detention facility, one misdemeanor count of possession of paraphernalia, one misdemeanor count of driving with a suspended, revoked or equivalent status driver’s license, and a misdemeanor for attaching a license plate or validation sticker not issued or assigned to the vehicle she was driving, in addition to an active warrant from a different county. She was released four days later, after posting a $11,500 bond.
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