A passenger in a vehicle stopped for a traffic violation in Ruston last week was wanted in San Antonio for a drug offense.
Vanessa Nicole Mendoza, 40, of Las Vegas, Nevada, was arrested September 24 after the vehicle she was a passenger in for stopped in Ruston.
A records check revealed a warrant for Mendoza in San Antonio, Texas. After she was arrested, a small black bag near her was searched. Officers found a glass smoking pipe containing a small amount of suspected methamphetamine.
Mendoza denied ownership of the bag but a credit card bearing her name was found inside.
Mendoza was booked for possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of a controlled substance in a drug-free zone (school), and the San Antonio warrant.
This information has been provided by a law enforcement agency as public information. Persons named or shown in photographs or video as suspects in a criminal investigation, or arrested and charged with a crime, have not been convicted of any criminal offense and are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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