December 1, 2024
By: Dwayne Page
Three people were arrested on drug charges and child abuse or neglect after illegal narcotics were found during a traffic stop with a one-year-old youngster in the vehicle with them.
42-year-old Amy Christine Ferrell of Scott Acres Road, 30-year-old Ronald Glen Ragan of Woodbury, and 43-year-old Jennifer Lynn Burgess of Jacobs Pillar Road were charged in the case and will appear in court December 12.
Sheriff Patrick Ray said that on November 24 a deputy pulled over a black Chevrolet Impala driven by Ferrell and spoke with her and passengers Ragan and Burgess. A one-year-old child was in the back seat. Ferrell gave consent to search, and the officer found in Ferrell’s purse a glass pipe with a crystal-like residue. Also found were a scale and a round black dish both with a crystal-like substance on them. A black spoon with a crystal-like substance believed to be methamphetamine with a weight of 0.22 grams was located near her along with baggies and a scale. A background check of her license through central dispatch showed it suspended for failure to pay insurance.
Ferrell is charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, altering, falsifying or foregoing an auto title. driving on a suspended license; possession of methamphetamine with intent to manufacture, sell, or deliver; and child abuse or neglect. Her bond totals $35,500.
Meanwhile Ragan is charged with child abuse or neglect; simple possession of a schedule VI drug (marijuana); possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine & heroin) with intent to manufacture, sell, or deliver (2 counts); and possession of drug paraphernalia. His total bond is $106,000.
Sheriff Ray said that during the search of Ferrell’s car the deputy discovered a roach cigarette with a green leafy like substance believed to be marijuana inside that weighed 0.85 grams; six baggies containing a crystal-like substance thought to be methamphetamine that weighed 3.6 grams, 3.44 grams, 30.83 grams, 30 grams, 29.5 grams, and 15.18 grams. The total weight was 112.62 grams. The search further turned up three scales and several other baggies usually used for the sale of drugs along with a clear baggie containing a powder like substance thought to be heroin that weighed 4.19 grams, another clear baggie with a brown powder like substance believed to be heroin with a weight of 0.70 grams, and a pink baggie with a white powder like substance weighing 17.27 grams suspected of being heroin. The combined total weight was 21.48 grams. Ragan claimed that the drugs belonged to him.
Burgess is charged with possession of methamphetamine with intent to manufacture, sell, or deliver (4 counts); possession of drug paraphernalia; child abuse or neglect. Her bond totals $85,000.
Sheriff Ray said that during the search of Ferrell’s car a clear container with a crystal like substance was found believed to be methamphetamine with a total weight of 5.41 grams along with a clear container with five orange pills believed to be Buprenorphine, a red scale with residue located between the middle console and the back seat, a clear container with two oval white pills believed to be Hydrocodone, and a clear container with 10 round white pills thought to be Carisoprodol.