COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – A Fort Wayne woman was formally charged on Thursday in Branch County District Court with being in possession of ecstasy and carrying a concealed weapon during a traffic stop on I-69 in Ovid Township.
According to Branch County Court documents, 39-year-old Evelyn Louise Niemeyer was a front seat passenger in a 2007 Pontiac that was stopped by the Michigan State Police for speeding on Wednesday.
She admitted to the State Police trooper that she had a 9mm pistol under her seat and that she did not have a concealed weapons permit from any state.
As police were placing Niemeyer under arrest, she admitted to buying eight ecstasy/MDMA pills and they were in her purse. The pills were found in a baggie. Court document state one was field tested and showed positive for ecstasy/MDMA.
Bond during Niemeyer’s arraignment was set at $10,000 with 10 percent allowed. A probable cause hearing was set for June 22 with a preliminary exam scheduled for June 29.
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