Two women caught using drugs in a truck on Big Pine Key are in jail on drug charges.
A woman called the Sheriff’s Office on Saturday at 12:30 p.m. because she was in the vicinity of Watson Field on Big Pine Key and had found a small child wandering around, unsupervised. She told Sheriff’s Office dispatchers the child appeared to be with two women. She said the two women were sitting in a truck at the park and appeared to be ingesting drugs.
Deputies Seth Hopp and Jennifer Ettish arrived and quietly approached the truck. The two women inside did not realize the deputies were there. The deputies observed a pipe on the center console — the type of pipe used to smoke illegal narcotics.
The women were identified as Megan Burrell, 29, and Heather Reed, 37, both of Summerland Key.
A search of the truck turned up numerous items of drug paraphernalia scattered around, as well as several plastic baggies with the illegal substance MDMA inside – sometimes called “Molly” or Ecstasy.
When questioned about the drugs, each woman claimed the other was the owner of the illegal substances.
Both were arrested: Burrell was charged with possession with intent to sell MDMA; possession of a controlled substance; possession of drug paraphernalia, while Reed was charged with possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and child neglect.
Both women were booked into jail, and the child was turned over to the custody of the Department of Children and Families.
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