Officers stopped 22-year-old Skyler Hibbs in a black Ford F-150 on July 3rd. Officers approached the vehicle and observed Hibbs in the passenger seat making furtive movements. Officers asked the driver if they could search the car, but the driver denied them. Police Service Dogs were deployed, and they displayed a positive indication of narcotics in the vehicles. When officers explained that the car had to be searched, Hibbs told them she had “rigs” in her purse. A search of Hibbs’ purse revealed three syringes, a plastic pipe, burnt foil, a small glass jar that contained fentanyl and heroin, and a Ruger Max 9 handgun. Once Hibbs was informed about her Miranda Rights, she confessed that she was a daily user of heroin and fentanyl and that she used a point to an “8 ball” a day for numerous months. A check of Hibbs’ handgun revealed that it was stolen out of North Carolina. A search of Hibbs’ person yielded a 9mm bullet, another pipe, a folded piece of paper containing heroin and fentanyl in her sock, and a small baggie of heroin and fentanyl in her pants. Skyler Hibbs was taken into custody and charged with theft, simple possession, unlawful possession of a weapon, and unlawful drug paraphernalia.
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Perry Reed charged with handgun possession under rarely used addiction law in Clarksville
22-year-old Perry Deshawn Reed was stopped for speeding on I-24 near Exit 11 after officers said he was traveling 80 mph in a 70 mph zone. A THP Officer arrived on the scene and conducted a search which revealed a pill that, while the officer claimed it was Fentanyl, Reed insisted was just a Roxy. Under the seat was a Glock handgun, and during questioning, the officer got Reed to admit that he “takes pills daily” – which he then used to additionally charge Reed under an obscure law that makes it a crime to possess a firearm if you’re addicted to any controlled substance.
