Wildwood, FL (December 27, 2018) – Police say that a driver and a passenger were arrested on drug charges following a traffic stop that took place at a service station on Main Street.
39-year-old Anthony Richard Wooden and 40-year-old Alicia Lynn Murphy received charges relating to the stop. Wooden had been at the wheel of a pickup truck when he was stopped at a service station for inoperable taillights. Police pulled him over around 7:30 p.m.
In doing so, Wooden handed a small plastic bag to police that contained 3.8 grams of marijuana. Murphy, on the other hand, was in possession of a spoon with heroin residue on it.
Wooden was immediately arrested for marijuana possession and Murphy was also booked and released for possession charges.
Wildwood Drug Possession Laws
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