Driving an ATV on a public highway without a license plate or tail light coupled with stashing methamphetamine and paraphernalia at a shelter house located at a gas station after seeing a law enforcement officer resulted in the arrest of two earlier this month.

Olivia Kathleen Robison, 30, of Bloomfield, was arrested July 8 on charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated, operating a vehicle with a schedule I or II controlled substance or its metabolite in the blood, possession of methamphetamine, and unlawful possession of a syringe.

Shawn Kenneth Toon, 37, of Bloomfield, was arrested July 7 for possession of methamphetamine and possession of paraphernalia.

Deputy Michael Stanley of the Greene County Sheriff’s Department responded to the White River Co-Op gas station, also known as Hasler’s Junction, at 9:47 p.m. July 7 after a report of two suspicious people possibly under the influence of methamphetamine was made by Officer David Flynn of the Crane Police Department.

When coming to the intersection of US 231 and East Scotland Road, Deputy Stanley encountered an ATV driven by Robison with Toon as a passenger on the back. Robison advised Deputy Stanley they were riding back to Toon’s father’s house and apologized for not coming to a complete stop. Deputy Stanley advised the stop was regarding driving the ATV on a public highway without a license plate or a tail light. Robison said she spray painted the ATV orange and blue and accidentally covered the tail light.

When returning to his patrol vehicle with both Toon and Robison’s driver’s licenses, Deputy Stanley called Officer Flynn. Flynn said he had located methamphetamine at Hasler’s Junction, where he had previously seen the two. He said he had followed them into the gas station and noticed the freshly-painted ATV didn’t have a tail light. He said he was standing at the gas pumps talking to Robison when Toon came out of the gas station and “hauled ass over to the shelterhouse”, according to Deputy Stanley’s probable cause affidavit.

Officer Flynn said he kept an eye on Toon while talking to Robinson. He observed Toon digging around in his backpack. He also saw him place something from his backpack on a table in the shelterhouse. Flynn said Robison advised that they were going to get going. As Robison and Toon prepared to leave, Flynn called in the incident and walked over to the shelterhouse to see what Toon had left behind. What Flynn found was a plastic container with a “couple good rocks of meth in it” and a couple of pipes. Deputy Stanley advised he was still on the traffic stop with Robison and Toon and would return to the scene to collect the items when completed.

Due to limited manpower, Officer Flynn brought the items to Deputy Stanley. He also advised that while talking with Robison, she admitted to doing “a little meth” and that Toon had been using methamphetamine as well. Officer Flynn gave the items to Deputy Stanley and briefly spoke to him about the encounter with Robison and Toon again.

When speaking to Toon, he told Deputy Stanley he was sitting at the shelterhouse but did not leave anything behind. He said he was messing with a pack of cigarettes, but wasn’t sure what else Officer Flynn could be referring to. He said there was no one else at the shelterhouse and Robison didn’t come to the shelterhouse; she went into the gas station to use the restroom. Toon claimed the methamphetamine was not his, nor Robison’s.

Toon said she was inside the gas station for about eight to 10 minutes using the restroom and didn’t see Toon when she exited. She said Officer Flynn and another Crane Police Department officer were standing by her ATV. She said the officers mentioned Toon darted to the shelterhouse upon seeing them. Deputy Stanley asked Robison if she could explain why Officer Flynn believed the drugs and paraphernalia came from Toon’s bag. “I guess he found it in there” is how she responded, according to the probable cause affidavit. As they left Hasler’s Junction, Robison said Toon pointed out the officers were going near his bag. Olivia said she reminded him to get it before they left, but he insisted they would come back and get it.

Officer Loncaric of the Bloomfield Police Department transported Toon to Greene County Jail while Deputy Stanley continued to speak with Robison.

Prior to leaving the scene, Officer Loncaric advised Deputy Stanley that Robison told him she had syringes in her possession. Deputy Stanely found approximately 12 syringes in a baggie in Robison’s possession.

After admitting to using methamphetamine recently and appearing to still being in an impaired state, Deputy Stanley asked for and obtained consent from Robison to conduct a field sobriety test. Robison failed field sobriety tests and consented to a chemical blood draw, which was administered at Greene County General Hospital.

After the blood draw, Robison was transported to Greene County Jail.

Robison was charged with:

Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated Endangering a Person, a Class A Misdemeanor
Operating a Vehicle with a Schedule I or II Controlled Substance or its Metabolite in the Blood, a Class C Misdemeanor