A Saturday night, May 25 traffic stop by Izard County Deputy Acy Beebe has resulted in multiple drug charges on Beth Frey, driver of the vehicle. During the traffic stop, Beebe’s K-9 partner Hugo, a certified drug dog alerted on five three separate locations of the vehicle, three locations on the driver’s side and two on the passenger side.

 Sheriff Tate Lawrence said that during a search of the vehicle numerous drug and drug related items were found including a plastic bag containing pills, a green leafy substance, and a crystalline substance, a glass bulb made into a smoking device, a metal left grinder with green leafy residue, rolling papers, a set of digital scales, another smoking device and three additional baggies having white residue.

Frey, age 47 of Jacks School House Road near  Evening Shade was formally charged May 29^th with six drug offenses including  possession of a controlled substance- methamphetamine  with the intent to delivery, a class “b” felony; possession of drug paraphernalia for using meth; a class “d” felony; possession of hydrocodone, a class “d” felony; possession of marijuana, a class “a” misdemeanor; possession of paraphernalia for marijuana use, a class “a” misdemeanor; and possession of drug paraphernalia for packaging methamphetamine, a class “b” misdemeanor.  Circuit Judge Tim Weaver set bond for Frey, who remains in the Izard County Detention Facility, at $10,000.

Assisting Deputy Beebe with the charges were Investigator James Humphrey of the 16^th Judicial District Drug Task Force and Chief Investigator Charles Melton of the Izard County Sheriff’s Department.

News Release, For Immediate Release, May 31. 2013, POC: Sheriff Tate Lawrence, 870 368 4203

Note: Picture of Frey provided

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