A Columbus woman is facing drug charges after she was arrested over the weekend. Judy Jackson, Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department spokeswoman, says that at about 1 a.m. on Saturday, Deputy Leah Burton was southbound on US 31, in the area of County Road 500 North, when she observed a vehicle in the northbound lane with a headlight out. Burton stopped the vehicle and spoke with the driver, 40-year-old Lisa Simmons.

Authorities say that Simmons appeared to have been under the influence. When she got out of the vehicle, Deputy Burton reported seeing a zip lock bag containing small round, green pills lying in the driver’s seat. She also noted that Simmons had something hidden under her skirt. Simmons allegedly told the deputy that she had a glass pipe hidden there. Simmons retrieved the pipe, which authorities say contained white reside. Jackson says that a search of the vehicle led to deputies finding a small brown glass jar with a whitish brown substance inside, another glass pipe with white residue, as well as a backpack that contained various items inside including a pill bottle with four more green pills and a white crystal rock-like substance.

Simmons was arrested on preliminary charges of Possession of a Controlled Substance, Possession of Paraphernalia and
Possession of Methamphetamine. She has since been released.