Driver arrested for possession of a controlled substance
/A WPD officer who stopped a Worthington woman on Monday for weaving in the roadway reported the woman was in possession of a number of prescription medications but her prescription records did not match all the pills found in the vehicle.
Madison Taylor Bohnert, 22, Worthington, was arrested by Worthington Deputy Marshal Heather Wood on Monday, May 16.
Officer Wood was on patrol around 3:17 PM Monday when she saw a green Ford Fusion, southbound on State Road 67, crossing over a double yellow line and then traveling back to the white fog line and crossing the white fog line. Officer Wood initiated a traffic stop near the intersection of SR 57 and SR 67.
Madison Bohnert was the driver who allegedly said she was aware she was weaving between lanes. She said her daughter in the back seat was crying and she was trying to tend to her with the help of her juvenile son. Officer Wood reported that Bohnert appeared nervous with shaking hands and it seemed as though she could not sit still and kept moving stuff around inside her vehicle.
Bohnert was asked if there was anything illegal inside the vehicle and Bohnert said no, just her two prescriptions. Officer Wood noticed two pill bottles, one with a name label and the other without a name label.
Bohnert was asked if she would consent to a search of her vehicle and she said no, she did not have time for that. Bohnert and her passengers were then asked to step outside the vehicle and Officer Wood deployed her K9 partner Jack who gave a positive alert. When asked again if there were any illegal drugs inside the vehicle, Bohnert allegedly said her ex-boyfriend had driven the vehicle at one point and she was unsure if he may have left something drug-related in the vehicle.
During a search, Officer Wood reported finding several prescription pills that included clonazepam 1 mg and .5 mg, acetaminophen and hydrocodone bitartrate, alprazolam .5 mg and 2 mg and olanzapine. Bohnert allegedly said all the pills were her prescriptions except the alprazolam 2 mg and that her ex-boyfriend must have put that in her pill bottle. Officer Wood noted that both alprazolam and clonazepam are controlled substances.
Officer Wood was able to obtain Bohnert’s prescription records which showed her last prescription pick up was on April 19 for clonazepam .5 mg and she noticed the strength in milligrams of some of the pills Bohnert had did not match up to her prescription records. Bohnert did not have a prescription for alprazolam 2 mg or .5 mg or clonazepam 1 mg.
Bohnert was transported to the Greene County Sheriff's Department where she was booked into the Greene County Jail at 4:39 PM. She was being held without bond pending court appearance.
Bohnert was scheduled to appear in Greene Superior Court for her initial hearing on a charge of possession of a controlled substance, a Class A misdemeanor.