The Lincoln Parish Sheriff’s Office arrested a woman on drug charges after investigating her presence at a dumpster site about 10 p.m. last Sunday night.
Caitlan Elyse Craig, 30, of Ruston, was found parked at a dumpster side on La. Highway 3005. Craig had four children in the vehicle ranging from 18 months old to 11 years old.
Craig said she was dumping a washing machine and produced a license showing a Bossier City address. A deputy told her she had to possess Lincoln Parish residency to use the dumpsters and it was illegal to leave a washing machine there. She stated she had moved to Ruston but had failed to change her driver’s license.
A check of the license plate on Craig’s Honda was shown to be issued to a Nissan. Craig admitted taking a family member’s license plate and putting it on her own car.
A search of the vehicle located a plastic bag containing methamphetamine and a glass smoking pipe with suspected methamphetamine residue.
Craig was arrested and booked at the Lincoln Parish Detention Center for possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of a controlled substance in the presence a persons under 17, and switched license plate. Her bail was said at $4,000.
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