ON TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 2008, DEPUTY GREG IVEY STOPPED A VEHICLE ON U.S. HIGHWAY 67 NEAR THE 84 MILE MARKER FOR HAVING EXPIRED VEHICLE TAGS. UPON MAKING CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER, GENIA JO SHARP OF GRUBBS, SHE ADVISED DEPUTY IVEY THAT HER DRIVER'S LICENSE WAS NOT VALID.
DURING THE TRAFFIC STOP, DEPUTY IVEY ASKED MS. SHARP IF THERE WAS ANYTHING ILLEGAL IN THE VEHICLE AND MS. SHARP STATED THAT SHE HAD A "ROACH", WHICH IS A PARTIALLY SMOKED MARIJUANA CIGARETTE, IN A MARLBORO CIGARETTE PACK AND SHE HANDED IT TO DEPUTY IVEY. A FURTHER SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE REVEALED ANOTHER "ROACH" ON THE FLOOR NEAR THE DRIVER'S SEAT.
DEPUTY IVEY THEN RETRIEVED MS. SHARP'S PURSE. DEPUTY IVEY THEN ASKED MS. SHARP IF THERE WAS ANYTHING ILLEGAL IN THE PURSE AND SHE STATED THAT THE REST OF HER MARIJUANA WAS IN A CLOTH BAG IN THE PURSE. MS. SHARP ALSO ADVISED DEPUTY IVEY THAT THERE WAS A VITAMIN BOTTLE THAT CONTAINED A SMALL AMOUNT OF "ICE" METHAMPHETAMINE IN THE PURSE.
MS. SHARP WAS ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE, POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA AND POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. SHE ALSO LATER APPEARED IN NEWPORT DISTRICT COURT ON THE CHARGES AND SHE WAS ORDERED TO APPEAR IN JACKSON COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT.