Grandmother held on $100,000 bail
KAYE THORNBRUGH | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 3 years, 10 months AGO
Kaye Thornbrugh is a second-generation Kootenai County resident who has been with the Coeur d’Alene Press for six years. She primarily covers Kootenai County’s government, as well as law enforcement, the legal system and North Idaho College. | May 17, 2021 1:00 AM
COEUR d’ALENE — A woman is being held on $100,000 bail after police said they found heroin and prescription pills in her car while she was traveling with her granddaughter.
Kristi A. Brownell-Davis, 45, is charged with two counts of possession of a controlled substance, both felonies.
She is also charged with two counts of possession of a legend drug without a prescription, possession of drug paraphernalia and injury to a child, all misdemeanors.
Coeur d’Alene police stopped a Chevy Malibu around 3 p.m. Wednesday for an alleged traffic violation. Brownell-Davis was a passenger and the registered owner of the vehicle.
A white pill with the marking scraped away was allegedly visible on the dashboard. Brownell-Davis told police she had found the pill on a sidewalk.
Police also allegedly observed an open bottle of alcohol on the floor.
A search of the vehicle reportedly yielded drug paraphernalia, as well as a substance police said was heroin and two bottles containing an assortment of prescription pills.
Brownell-Davis’s young grandchild was reportedly in the back seat of the car.
Police arrested Brownell-Davis at the scene.
Judge Scott Wayman ordered Thursday that Brownell-Davis be held on $100,000 bail.
Brownell-Davis was also charged with felony possession of a controlled substance in March. The separate case is ongoing.
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