Marketplace
![[SeMissourian.com]](http://www.semissourian.com/images/nameplate.gif)
|
|
Mostly Cloudy ~ River stage: 33.25 Rising Friday, November 20, 2009 |
RSS
 Print
 Email link
 Respond to editor
 Read comments (17)
 Share link
Stoddard County woman arrested for alleged drug possession, threatening state trooperWednesday, August 26, 2009 ~ Updated 2:23 PM
At 7:20 a.m., Missouri State Highway Patrol Trooper Jay Parsley pulled over 28-year-old Sara L. West of Puxico when he allegedly observed her traveling southbound on Highay 51 at 69 miles per hour and running off the side of the roadway. According to the criminal complaint, when Parsley made contact with West "her speech was slurred and her eyes were bloodshot and glassy." He adds that he did not notice an odor of intoxicants on her. West reportedly admitted she had taken Xanax and Prozac at 6 a.m. After failing sobriety tests, West was placed under arrest. Parsley then began to search her vehicle. "Located in the center console and in West's purse were numerous pills," the report states. "The pills were loose in the purse and not in bottles prescribed to West." Among the pills were Cyclobenzaprine (Flexeril), Alprazolam (Xanax), Clonazepam (Klonopin) and Skelaxin. After being transported to the Stoddard County Jail, West reportedly refused a chemical test of her urine. In the warrant request, filed Tuesday by Prosecuting Attorney Briney Welborn, it is reported that at some point during the arrest, West threatened both Parsley and his family. West is charged with four counts of the Class C felony possession of a controlled substance, one count of the Class A misdemeanor unlawful use of drug paraphernalia, one count of the Class B misdemeanor DWI-drug intoxication and one count of the Class C felony of making a terrorist threat. She is also being charged as a prior and persistent offender due to convictions in 2006 and 2008 for credit card theft and forgery. West is still on probation for those charges, so she is also charged with probation violation. Bond is set at $50,000 cash-only, but because the probation violation has no bond, she will remain in Stoddard County Jail. She will appear before Judge Joe Satterfield for arraignment Thursday morning. Comments  Note: The nature of the Internet makes it impractical for our staff to review every comment. If you feel that a comment is offensive, please Login or Create an account first, and then you will be able to flag a comment as objectionable. Please also note that those who post comments on semissourian.com may do so using a screen name, which may or may not reflect a website user's actual name. Readers should be careful not to assign comments to real people who may have names similar to screen names. Refrain from obscenity in your comments, and to keep discussions civil, don't say anything in a way your grandmother would be ashamed to read.
|
Related links More stories
Enter your email address to subscribe to our mailing lists:
|
del.icio.us
Digg
StumbleUpon
Technorati
Newsvine
Facebook
Furl
Reddit
Google
She sure looks awful happy. I don't think I would be grinning like that. Must have really been some good pills.
say cheese...
I agree, must have been on something to smile on her mug shot.
She's 28?!?!
way to make ya mama proud!
Smiling on her mug shot should be a clear indication that 1. She isn't the brightest bulb in the box, and 2. Must have been a good buzz for her.
Glad she is off the streets. She would probably have had the same smile, had she run over a kid on it's way to school.
Unreal the things people think they can get by with.
UGH! One of the few times I wish there was no picture. Well at least she has a full set of teeth...on the top row.
man, ya'll stole my thunder! ☻
The Class C Felony Terrorist Threat won't stick. I have seen it try and fail too many times. They will drop it with a plea in a heartbeat.
That's a man baby, yeeaaahhhhhhh!!!!
What a loser.
The more I think about this mug the more I wonder if some guy is walking around Stoddard county with a nub for an arm that he chewed off one morning.
There's an ugly forest somewhere missing a lot of sticks.
Poster child for "Don't worry - be happy". :-)~
Y'all can make your silly comments as you are allowed to be stupid. The point here is that it is sad that a 28-year-old fairly attractive female is well on her way to self-destruction.
We sure need to promote God and Jesus Christ for a return to many, many homes as well as schools and even some churches. My hope is that she finds Christ before it is to late.
mo_key_fellow
Yes we're allowed to be stupid, and it's her own fault that's on her way to self destruction. That's what poppin' pills gets you. I don't feel sorry for people who do that AND threaten officers.
mo_ky_fellow
"My hope is that she finds Christ before it is to late."
So the fact that she is trouble with the law, does drugs and threatens authority, you assume she not a christian? I'm pretty sure there are christians who are addicted drugs. And as far as your "fairly attractive female" comment, well......that's a stretch! YIKES!!!
She's smiling because she's stoned, and stupid! I bet when she wakes up sober, behind bars, she's not going to be nearly as happy. Major bummer for her! Poor girl, she'll eventually sober up, but stupid sticks!! Threatening an officer, dumb, very dumb.