(Stillwater, Okla.) — A Cushing woman was arraigned today from the Payne County Jail on a charge of possessing methamphetamine — two weeks after she was placed on probation for possession of six drugs including methamphetamine.
Constance Lynn Edwards, 24, remains held on $30,000 bail on her new drug charge pending a March 12 court appearance, court records showed today.
In her case that was filed today, Edwards had been arrested by Payne County Sheriff’s Deputy Dan Nack for alleged possession of methamphetamine, syringes, vials and plastic baggies, all on Feb. 21, court records show.
Only two weeks earlier, Edwards had been placed on five years’ probation under a deferred sentence for possession of methamphetamine, marijuana, hydrocodone, alprazolam, clonazepam and diazepam on Sept. 14, 2013, court records show.
As a condition of that probation, Edwards was given a 30-day jail term, which she had already served, and ordered to undergo a drug and alcohol evaluation with random drug tests, as well as follow all treatment recommendations in a background report.
Edwards was also ordered to perform 100 hours of community service and to pay various fines and assessments including the cost of her incarceration, court records show.
Edwards had been arrested at 3:30 a.m. on Sept. 14, 2013, by Payne County Sheriff’s Deputy Nick Myers in Cushing at Highland Street and Moses Street, court records show.
Edwards had been driving a Blazer without any head lights on when the deputy attempted to stop her, but she accelerated and drove through tight graveled alleyways at 40 mph, not slowing or stopping for adjoining side streets, the deputy’s affidavit said.
“As we approached the intersection of Moses Street and Highland, Deputy McKosato accelerated around my patrol car and the white Blazer. We conducted a controlled stop, slowing the vehicle until it came to a complete stop,” Myers wrote in his affidavit.
After Edwards was arrested for attempting to elude an officer, various drugs and items of drug paraphernalia including a straw, syringes and digital scales were found during an inventory of the Blazer, the affidavit said.
