BROOKSVILLE, Fla. – A 28-year-old Brooksville woman was arrested on drug charges and being held on a $73,000 bond.
Deputies say on Tuesday, at 9:46 p.m., Hernando County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a residence on BW Stevenson Road in Brooksville in reference to locating a wanted person.
When deputies arrived on the scene, they located Marissa McConnell, 28, sitting in the driver’s seat of a parked vehicle.
McConnell was immediately taken into custody on a charge of Driving with a Suspended License in connection with a previous investigation.
While on the scene, deputies observed a syringe in the driver’s side door and a backpack close to where McConnell was sitting. In the backpack, deputies located three syringes, a scale, a plastic dish, and two baggies of a crystal-like substance that field-tested positive for methamphetamine.
In the center console of the vehicle, deputies located a wallet containing a circular container with a brown residue that field-tested positive for heroin. A baggie of heroin was also found in the wallet. Various drug paraphernalia was also found at the scene.
Deputies located a total of 88 grams of methamphetamine and 9.3 grams of heroin in McConnell’s possession.
McConnell was charged with two counts of Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Sell, Trafficking in Methamphetamine, Trafficking in a Controlled Substance, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.
McConnell was transported to the Hernando County Detention Center where her bond was set at $73,000.
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