A Licking police officer was dispatched Sunday to a parking area on West Friend Street regarding a report of an impaired female in the area.
Cpl. Pat Burton said that upon the officer’s arrival, the female was identified as May D. Hicks, 45, of Licking. During an investigation, Hicks advised the officer she was in possession of illegal drug paraphernalia.
After obtaining verbal consent to search, the officer located and seized a used hypodermic syringe and two small plastic bags containing a crystalline substance that tested positive for methamphetamine.
Hicks was arrested and taken to the Texas County Jail, where she was released to the jail staff and placed on a 24-hour hold.
She is charged with unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia — amphetamine or methamphetamine — and held on $75,000 bond.