Police: Woman Driving Stolen Car Charged with Drug Possession
Posted/updated on: July 17, 2011 at 7:59 am
LONGVIEW — Leah Danielle Bryson, 24, of Longview remained jailed Friday on $10,000 bond, charged with felony theft and drug possession. That’s according to KETK and the Longview News-Journal. A Texas Department of Public Safety trooper arrested Bryson shortly after 12:15 p.m. Thursday.
According to court records, Trooper Brant Smith was traveling west on Marshall Avenue behind a silver Toyota passenger car that was approaching Eastman Road. The trooper checked the license plate and found the vehicle was listed as stolen out of Dallas. Smith initiated a stop, made contact with the driver, Bryson, and took her into custody. Bryson was the vehicle’s only occupant. During a search, Smith located a syringe loaded with methamphetamine on the passenger side of the vehicle, records showed. Bryson admitted to possession of the syringe and the stolen car, records showed.
