Dacoma woman faces multiple drug charges
May 24, 2020
A Dacoma woman is facing drug charges from three separate incidents. On May 15 in Woods County, Sara Lynn Churchill, 54, of Dacoma, was charged with possession of controlled dangerous substance (methamphetamine) and maintaining a place for keeping or selling controlled substance, both felonies. The possession charge is punishable by imprisonment for up to seven years and a fine of up to $100,000. The second charge is punishable by a fine of not more than $10,000 and/or county jail imprisonment not more than five years and costs.
Court records show on April 9 at 10 p.m. Woods County Deputy Adam Honeyman received information from Alva Police Officer Sean Farris inquiring where Sara Churchill resided. Farris told Honeyman he recently responded with the Alva EMS to a residence where a man had received an alleged “hot shot” of methamphetamine. The man said he went to Churchill’s residence in Dacoma where he received the meth.
Honeyman told Farris he already held a search warrant for the residence in the 1100 block of Broadway in Dacoma. It was agreed to serve the warrant immediately. At the residence, law enforcement seized approximately a half gram of methamphetamine, digital electronic scales and baggies.
Later Honeyman conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle he knew Churchill to be riding in. He asked her to return to his patrol car so he could visit with her. In a post-Miranda rights interview, Honeyman said Churchill confirmed the man checked by EMS had been at her residence but denied selling it to him. She did say the meth and scales found inside the residence belonged to her.
On May 20 Sara Lynn Churchill, 54, of Dacoma, was charged with distribution of controlled dangerous substance (methamphetamine), a felony. This crime is punishable by imprisonment for up to seven years and a fine of up to $100,000.
Court documents show on Monday, April 6, Honeyman met with a confidential informant (CI) about setting up a drug purchase from Churchill who resides with Newton Baker in Dacoma. The CI said he had been at the residence on another occasion, and while he was there another male arrived with a quantity of methamphetamine. The CI said Churchill gave him approximately two grams of methamphetamine. The CI said he did not use or consume it but threw it away.
The CI contacted Churchill and asked if she would “do that again” for him. After the monitored and recorded purchase, Honeyman was given approximately .65 grams of a substance that field tested positive for methamphetamine.
On May 20, Churchill was also charged with possession of controlled dangerous substance (methamphetamine), a misdemeanor.
This charge resulted from a traffic stop for no seatbelt conducted by Deputy Honeyman. The stop occurred just after midnight in Dacoma. The driver was identified as Churchill, and a check of her license revealed an active felony warrant for arrest in the May 15 charge. Churchill was placed under arrest, and Honeyman informed her he was going to make a search of the immediate area within her reach inside the vehicle incident to arrest. Churchill said she did not have anything illegal n the vehicle.
Inside Churchill’s purse, Honeyman found a mint container. Inside was a clear plastic baggie containing a white crystal like substance. Also in the container were items related to a sewing kit and a razor blade. Honeyman informed Churchill of the find. She said the “sewing kit” was hers but the meth was not, and she did not know it was in there.
According to the affidavit, Churchill told Honeyman the razor blade was hers, and it was a part of the sewing kit. He field tested the razor blade which showed positive for methamphetamine.
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