A local woman who had been recently arrested for sneaking into a local middle school has now been arrested on additional drug-related charges and is also accused of contaminating a Columbus Police Department squad car by tearing open a bag of drugs containing fentanyl inside the car.
Officers were sent to Walmart at 735 Whitfield Drive at 2:50 a.m. Tuesday about a woman, later identified as Alexis R. Daniels, 20, Columbus, who store employees said was acting suspiciously inside the store.
When officers found her, they confirmed she had been previously trespassed from the store and placed her under arrest, said Lt. Matt Harris, Columbus Police Department spokesman. She was patted down for weapons and contraband before being taken to the Bartholomew County Jail, he said.
Upon arriving at the jail, officers observed a white substance on Daniels’ hands and on the floorboard beneath where she was seated, Harris said. The white substance later tested positive as mixture of heroin and fentanyl, Harris said.
The CPD patrol car was quarantined and the interior was later cleaned by members of the Joint Narcotics Enforcement Team and Indiana State Police Clandestine Lab Team.
Daniels was arrested on the following preliminary charges — trespassing, obstruction of justice and possession of a narcotic drug.
For more on this story, see Wednesday’s Republic.
