(La Porte County, IN) - A Michigan City woman is accused of having a good-sized amount of methamphetamine.

 

Jeannie Sanders, 36, is charged in La Porte Circuit Court with possession of methamphetamine as a Level 4 felony along with resisting law enforcement and possession of paraphernalia, both misdemeanors.

 

According to the charging information, Sanders was a passenger in a vehicle stopped on June 9 for speeding on Indiana 2 in Rolling Prairie.  The officer discovered Sanders had a warrant for her arrest on an undisclosed offense in Michigan.

 

According to court records, she also has a prior drug related conviction and past convictions on multiple counts of operating while intoxicated.

 

During the traffic stop, police said Sanders was found with a plastic bag containing methamphetamine beneath her clothing and struggled with officers until taken to the ground where she was placed in handcuffs.  The methamphetamine in that bag and another bag allegedly found on her possession later weighed a combined 23 grams.

 

Sanders could face anywhere from two to 12 years on the most serious count.