Staff Reports
Columbus police arrested a local woman during a traffic stop early Thursday after they found narcotics and drug paraphernalia inside her vehicle.
Officers stopped a vehicle without working taillights near 17th Street and Central Avenue, said Lt. Matt Harris, Columbus Police Department spokesman. The officers spoke to the driver identified as Shelby E. Mitchner, 49, of 1236 Sycamore St., Apt. 1, Harris said.
A Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Office canine officer who was nearby was requested to respond to the traffic stop. The canine handler later advised that the police service dog alerted to the odor of narcotics coming from Mitchner’s vehicle, Harris said.
Officers searched the vehicle and located prescription medication, methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia, Harris said.
Mitchner was placed under arrest and transported to the Bartholomew County Jail where she was being held on the following preliminary charges:
Possession of a legend drug
Possession of methamphetamine
Possession of drug paraphernalia
She was being held in the Bartholomew County Jail in lieu of $117,500 bond, jail officials said.
