Two meth arrests on the same day in Pleasant Hill
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By Beth Zumwalt
Lisa Dempsey
Jared Ingram
Desirae Beck
Two unrelated traffic stops on the same day in Pleasant Hill resulted in three arrests for methamphetamine another drug related offense.
The Pike County Sheriff’s Department conducted a traffic stop Oct. 4, at 7:28 p.m., on a 1998 Mazda on South Main Street, Pleasant Hill.
Subsequent to an investigation the driver, Lisa M. Dempsey, 50, of Louisiana, Mo.was arrested on the following charges:unlawful possession of methamphetamine,unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia, unlawful possession of hypodermic syringes, unlawful possession of adult-use cannabis in a motor vehicle, illegal transportation of alcohol (driver), loud exhaust.
A passenger, Jarred M. Ingram36, of Louisiana, Mo. was arrested on the following charges: unlawful possession of methamphetamine, unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia, unlawful possession of hypodermic syringes, unlawful possession of adult-use cannabis in a motor vehicle, Pike County,Ill., warrant for failure to appear.
Both Dempsey and Ingram are lodged in the Pike County Jail.
Later the same evening, at 10:51 p.m. the Pleasant Hill Police Department conducted a traffic stop in the 800 block of West Quincy Street on a 2014 Chevrolet truck. Following that investigation, the driver, Desirae A. Howland, 36, of Pittsfield, was initially arrested on a Pike County, Missouri, warrant.
Howland was transported to the Pike County Jail where she was found to be in possession of methamphetamine.
Howland was further charged with the following offenses: unlawful possession of methamphetamine and bringing contraband into a penal institution.
Howland remains lodged in the Pike County Jail.
The Pleasant Hill Police Department was assisted by the Pike County Sheriff’s Department.
