Micco Woman Busted with Meth After Accepting Ride from Deputy

MICCO – When a deputy spotted to a stranded motorist, he offered the woman a courtesy ride back to her residence.

“I advised her a search of her purse would be necessary prior to her entering my vehicle, to which she acknowledged and consented,” the Brevard County deputy said.

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Marie Agnes Gabbard, 59, placed her purse on the hood of the deputy’s cruiser.

As the deputy searched the purse, he observed a small glass bottle with a white crystal substance.

“I utilized a field drug test kit for the crystalline substance, which yielded a positive presumptive result for methamphetamine,” the deputy said.

Gabbard told the deputy that she bought the meth for $20 in Grant, and she’s been smoking meth for the past six months.

She was arrested and transported to the Brevard County Jail. Bond was set at $2,500.