STEPHENS COUNTY, Ga. — Sheriff’s deputies took a Georgia woman into custody on narcotics charges after stopping her on a bicycle for a traffic violation.
According to the Stephens County Sheriff’s Office, Loretta Allen, 50 of Toccoa, was pulled over on May 18 while riding her bicycle because she was riding without functional lights along Big A Road.
When searching Allen’s belongings, with her consent, deputies said they found a large bag containing what they thought was methamphetamine.
The sheriff’s office said the suspected meth was later weighed in at roughly 14 grams.
Allen was arrested and taken to the Stephens county Detention Center and charged with possession of methamphetamine.
Deputies said she remains in jail while awaiting a bond hearing with a magistrate court judge.
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