Essex Fells Police Charge Parsippany Woman with Drug Possession After a Late-Night Traffic Stop

ESSEX FELLS, NJ -- Police arrested a female motorist on drug possession charges after pulling her over early Wednesday morning.

On July 3 at approximately 1:30 a.m., Essex Fells Det. Jonathan Berger and Officer Thomas Rigas were flagged down by a concerned motorist regarding a vehicle that was parked in the middle of the roadway on Roseland Avenue.

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Upon arrival, the officers observed the vehicle positioned in the intersection of Roseland Avenue and Rensselaer Road stopped on the double yellow lines facing south. The driver, a 43-year-old female from Parsippany, complied with the officers’ orders and moved her vehicle onto the shoulder. The officers asked for the driver’s motor vehicle documents, which the driver stated they were in her trunk.

While she was at the trunk of her vehicle, police say that a glassine baggy containing a white powdery substance fell from her person into the roadway. The driver was ordered to exit the vehicle. While she was getting out of the car, an additional glassine baggy containing a white powdery substance was observed in the vehicle. After a search of the vehicle, officers located a third glassine baggy containing the same white powdery substance, multiple pills in a defaced pill container and loose pills in a tote bag.

Police charged her with possession of prescription legend drugs and possession of a controlled dangerous substance.

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