CONNELLEY FARM ROAD – Three were arrested Tuesday night after a woman reportedly ran from police.
According to the arrest citation, at approximately 6 p.m. on August 4, Magoffin County Sheriff Department Deputy N. Watson received a complaint of two people being intoxicated at the Elk Creek BP, with the caller describing the vehicle they had left in. Deputy Watson immediately found the vehicle on U.S. 460, traveling 68 mph in a 55 mph zone. The officer turned around and followed the vehicle, noticing it had accelerated to a high rate of speed, passing state maintenance truck on a double yellow line and catching it on the radar now going 78 mph in a 45 near the veterinary clinic on Connelley Farm Rd.
Deputy Watson turned on his blue lights to initiate a traffic stop, but the driver attempted to elude police by turning onto Connelley Farm Cemetery Rd. and hiding behind a residence, according to the police report.
As the police officer approached the vehicle on foot, he reportedly observed Caitlin Cole, 32, of Salyersville, exit the driver’s side of the vehicle and Tina Mullins, 36, also of Salyersville, exit the passenger side, according to the arrest citation.
Cole allegedly attempted to flee on foot into the residence, but Deputy Watson was able to catch her, according to the police report, noting she exhibited several signs of intoxication.
Police told the two he was investigating a complaint that alleged they had been intoxicated at the Elk Creek BP. Cole did not consent to a search of the vehicle, but the door was open and Deputy Watson could visibly see a needle cap lying on the center console and two suboxone packets in the door handle of the driver’s side door, giving him probable cause to allow for a search of the vehicle.
Cole was placed under arrest for driving under the influence and placed in handcuffs while police searched the vehicle and Cole’s purse, finding the following: a syringe with a clear liquid substance in it, Xanax pills, Klonopin pill, another syringe, more Xanax pills, and Suboxone packets.
Police started question Mullins, who reportedly told Deputy Watson Cole had reached her a bag with methamphetamine in it and told her to place it inside her private region, telling her if they were caught with the drugs they would definitely go to jail, so Mullins said she did what she was told, according to the arrest citation.
Mullins reportedly retrieved the bag and gave it to police, who promptly placed it in an evidence bag, but while they were doing that, Cole had escaped on foot into the woods, with the resident reportedly standing there, never attempting to stop her from running or trying to alert the police officer she was running. Roughly five hours later she was recaptured at the same residence, still wearing the handcuffs placed on during her initial arrest.
Cole was charged with buying or possessing drug paraphernalia; no registration receipt; no registration plates; improper display of registration plates; first-degree wanton endangerment of a police officer; speeding 25 mph or greater over the speed limit; operating a motor vehicle while under the influence, first (aggravating circumstance); first-degree fleeing or evading police (motor vehicle); first-degree fleeing or evading police (on foot); third-degree escape; first-degree possession of a controlled substance, second offense (methamphetamine); prescription of a controlled substance not in proper container, first offense; and first-degree possession of a controlled substance, first offense (drug unspecified).
Mullins was charged with tampering with physical evidence and buying or possessing drug paraphernalia.
The resident was arrested on misdemeanor charges of second-degree hindering prosecution or apprehension, obstructing governmental operations and obstruction/interference with an officer.
Editor’s Note: The indictment or charge of a person by a grand jury or otherwise is an accusation only and that person is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
