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You are here: Home / News / ERPD Busts Woman with Large Amount of Meth

ERPD Busts Woman with Large Amount of Meth

October 16, 2018 By Dick Cook 0 Comments

A call about a person being possibly intoxicated in the parking lot of the Walmart Neighborhood Market resulted in the arrest of a woman wanted by the U.S. Marshals Service and the discovery of 70 grams of suspected methamphetamine, Monday afternoon, officials said.

According to East Ridge Police Chief J.R. Reed, when an officer arrived at the business at 4150 Ringgold Road he found a silver vehicle partially parked in a handicapped spot with a woman behind the wheel. Chief Reed said the woman, whose eyes were blood shot and slurring her speech, was asked for ID. The woman said she didn’t have it with her. The woman then gave a name, date of birth and social security number. She then told the officer a different name and social security number. All information given was false, Chief Reed said.

The woman was finally identified as 43-year-old Leslie Leavitt and it was discovered she was wanted by federal authorities. When an officer was checking the vehicle for a cell phone, a metal tin containing 70 grams of suspected meth was found.

Chief Reed said the woman was placed in custody and was charged with  Criminal Impersonation, Public Intoxication and Possession of Methamphetamine  with intent to Resale. Bond for Leavitt was set at $102,000, and she is due to appear in East Ridge Municipal Court on November 13.

Filed Under: Crime News, FEATURED POSTS, News

About Dick Cook

Dick Cook has lived in East Ridge since the Kennedy Administration when his parents bought a house on Marietta Street. Dick graduated from ERHS in 1976 before going on to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he studied Political Science. Dick worked for the Chattanooga Free-Press and the Chattanooga Times Free Press for 22 years. Free-Press Sports Editor Roy Exum plucked him out of production in 1989 and gave him a job as a sports reporter. Dick covered everything from prep sports to the whitewater events on the Ocoee River for the 1996 Olympics. When Chattanooga's two paper's merged, he became the Crime Reporter covering both the Chattanooga Police and Fire Departments. He was among reporters who were honored by the Associated Press for the TFP's coverage of the 2002 fog-shrouded crash on I-75 in Catoosa County, Dick and his wife, Cathy, live on Marlboro Avenue where they are seen frequently chasing around their three grandsons.


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