A 70-year-old Austin woman was charged with possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia after police responded to a report of an overdose.
Shortly after 8 p.m. on Thursday, May 14, Austin Police Officer Josh Vires responded to apartments in the 1100 block of Bond Street on the report of a possible overdose.
When he arrived he was met by Ellen White, sister of the victim. The officer observed an elderly female lying on the couch. As the officer tried to check her pulse, the woman pulled away and stood up.
Debora E. Anderson told the officer she had not taken anything and was just sleepy.
White told the officer that Anderson spends the majority of her time upstairs where her bedroom is located. She told the officer she believed there were illegal narcotics in the upstairs bathroom.
Vires entered the bathroom and saw a white crystal like substance wrapped in cellophane on top on a trash can. The substance later tested positive for methamphetamine,
According to the probable cause affidavit, White told the officer that Anderson had two friends over earlier in the evening. The three went upstairs for a little while and the sister said after they left, Anderson was “messed up.”
Anderson told the officer that the located substance was not hers and that she had been clean for a long time. “They must have left it,” Anderson said according to the court document.
Since Anderson was on home detention and wearing a monitoring bracelet, Vires contacted Community Corrections officer Rebecca Hollan to conduct a home check.
Officer Hollan located white crystal like substance and a clear glass pipe with white crystal substance in the bedroom she had been using.
Vires transported Anderson to Scott County Jail where she was booked at 10:10 p.m. and now faces felony charges of possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia. Scott Circuit Court Magistrate Alison Frazier set Anderson’s bond at $35,000.