JCPD NEWS RELEASE
SUBJECT: | Altering/Forging Plates | DATE: | 2/11/20 | TIME: | 1:04 PM |
PREPARED BY: | Officer B. Cutshall | APPROVED BY: | Sgt. Tim Hensley | ||
On 2/11/20, officers of the Johnson City Police Department arrested Donna M. Whitson (2905 Antioch Rd., 36 years old) and charged her with altering/falsifying/forging plates, simple possession of schedule II, simple possession of methamphetamine, and possession of unlawful drug paraphernalia.
At approximately 8:30 AM officers were conducting school zone enforcement at North Side Elementary School when they observed a white Nissan Maxima traveling south on N. Roan St. at a high rate of speed. Officers locked the speed of the vehicle at 24 miles per hour in a 15 miles per hour school zone and initiated a traffic stop wherein Ms. Whitson was identified as a passenger of the vehicle. The registration decal bearing the year of the tag was falsified and Ms. Whitson stated that both the tag and vehicle belonged to her, and she was aware that the tag was bad. In addition, Ms. Whitson consented to a search of the vehicle where 1.1 grams of a clear crystalline substance believed to be methamphetamine was located as well as seven oxycodone tablets and several items of drug paraphernalia.
Ms. Whitson was placed under arrest with officers ultimately charging her with altering/falsifying/forging plates, simple possession of schedule II, simple possession of methamphetamine, and possession of unlawful drug paraphernalia. Ms. Whitson was transported to the Washington County Detention Center where she is being held on a $10,000 bond. Arraignment is set for 1:30 PM on 2/12/20 in Washington County General Sessions Court.