Hawkins

ELKINS — A Randolph County woman is behind bars after drugs were allegedly found on her person during a traffic stop.

Michelle Lea Hawkins, 28, of Elkins, is charged with possession with intent — methamphetamine, and false evidences, forgery of title and registration, both felonies.

She is being held in the Tygart Valley Regional Jail on a $10,000 cash only bond set by Randolph County Magistrate Mike Dyer.

According to the criminal complaint, prepared by Trooper H.J. Bonetti of the West Virginia State Police, the officer noticed a black 2001 Volkswagen Jetta driving without a right mirror on Sunday in Beverly.

Bonetti conducted a traffic stop and spoke with the driver, Hawkins, who said she did not have her license with her, and that she did not have insurance on the vehicle, the complaint states.

Running the vehicle’s registration through the State Police database, the officer learned the registration had been expired since 2001, although the vehicle’s registration sticker showed a “colored in black square with a white in color ‘2025’ writing,” according to the complaint.

The officer placed Hawkins under arrest, the complaint states, and she said she “had dope in her bra.” She removed a blue container from her bra and handed it to the officer. It held two yellow baggies which contained a white powder suspected to be methamphetamine.

The officer also searched Hawkins’ purse, finding $3,300 in cash, a silver container and multiple-size baggies. Inside the silver container was a measuring scale, according to the complaint. The officer asked Hawkins where the drugs came from, and she allegedly said she was given the blue container in Beverly and was delivering it to Mill Creek.