Officers say when a Linton woman was taken into custody, she was found in possession of meth. She was already wanted on a warrant issued in connection with an earlier case of meth possession.

Meagan L. Schickel, 33, Linton, was arrested by Sgt. Logan Hobbs of the Linton Police Department during a traffic stop initiated late last Friday night, February 28. Schickel was booked into the Greene County Jail around 12:30 a.m. on Saturday, February 29.

At the time of the stop, Schickel was wanted on a warrant issued on a petition to revoke a suspended sentence on a conviction of felony possession of methamphetamine.

Sgt. Hobbs and LPD Officer John Agan were on patrol when they saw a Pontiac G6 near the intersection of State Road 54 and County Road 1300 West in Linton. checked the registration and found the plate went with a Pontiac Firebird.

Schickel was the driver. She was detained on the warrant and when a brief search for contraband and weapons was conducted, Officer Agan reported Schickel had a glass smoking device with white residue in her jacket pocket.

Sgt. Hobbs, the investigating officer, reported that during the booking process at the Greene County Jail, jail staff conducted a more thorough search and found Schickel was in possession of a plastic bag containing approximately 3.5 grams of a white crystal substance that field-tested positive as methamphetamine.

Schickel is now facing new charges of possession of methamphetamine, a Level 6 felony, and possession of paraphernalia, a Class C misdemeanor, in addition to the possible revocation of her suspended sentence on the earlier conviction.

She was being held without bond pending appearances in court.