Walnut Hill Woman Facing Additional Drug Charges

October 13, 2018

A Walnut Hill woman free on bond after a drug arrest in August is back behind bars on October drug charges.

Helen Joann Whitman, 51, was charged with felony possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. She remained in the Escambia County Jail with bond set at $6,000.

An Escambia County Sheriff’s deputy watched a vehicle pull into the driveway and behind a vacant home in the 5000 block of Pine Forest Road, just west of Highway 97. Whitman was in the passenger seat of the vehicle, according to an arrest report.

When deputies searched the vehicle, they reporting finding a substance that tested positive for methamphetamine and two glass pipes with a residue, and a liquid substance believed to be a narcotic inside plastic container. All of the items were in the passenger seat or floorboard.

In August, deputies discovered methamphetamine and glass smoking pipes in Whitman’s purse at the Circle K on South Highway 29 in Cantonment, according to a Sheriffs Office Report. She was charged with felony possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. She was released the day after the August  arrest on a $3,000 bond.

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One Response to “Walnut Hill Woman Facing Additional Drug Charges”

  1. Calvinqualls on October 13th, 2018 10:29 am

    Maybe she didn’t hear you the first time the judge might have to speak a little louder

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