Two people from Michigan speeding through Eatonton in a car with a Texas tag told a police officer that they were “driving all over, looking for a couch" but their shopping trip ended at Putnam County Jail.
According to a report by Eatonton Police Officer Alex Rickey, he clocked a Chevy Malibu going 89 mph July 15, on the U.S. 441 Eatonton Bypass.
Rickey pulled the car over and noted it had a Texas temporary tag. The driver was 17-year-old Isyss Meeks, according to her Michigan ID card. The passenger, also 17, was Mari Napier, of Jonesboro. Rickey wrote in his report that two younger teens were in the backseat, and he also smelled the odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle.
Rickey asked Meeks to get out of the car so he could talk to her. He asked her where they were going and where they came from.
“Meeks was extremely nervous and stated that they were driving all over, looking for a couch,” he said. “Meeks stated that all occupants were from Michigan but had just moved to Jonesboro.”
Meanwhile, Officer Rebecca Meeks arrived to assist Rickey, and she began talking to Napier.
As they talked, Napier reportedly handed her a bag of marijuana.
This led to the officers searching the car, and they found several packages of edible THC candy, containers of suspected mushrooms, and 18 Netspend prepaid debit cards. The cards were discovered in the driver’s purse, driver’s side door pocket, center console, and back seats.
“Napier stated that he used some of the cards to pay for his music promotions, but he didn’t know about the ones in Meek’s purse or console,” Rickey’s report reveals. “Meeks stated that she didn’t know anything about the cards.”
Both were arrested and taken to Eatonton Police Department. While there, Rickey went across the street to Farmers & Merchants Bank to check the Netspend cards and learned they were reported stolen.
Isyss Laatrice Meeks, of the 700 block of Millstone Road, Jonesboro, is facing charges of driving without a license, nine counts of financial transaction card theft, nine counts of misdemeanor theft by receiving stolen property, one count of possession of THC edibles – Schedule 1 drug with intent to distribute - felony, and Violation of the Georgia Controlled Substance Act – possession of Schedule 1 mushrooms.
Mari Syncere Napier, of the same address, faces charges of possession of less than 1 oz. of marijuana, VGCSA possession of THC edibles with intent to distribute – felony, nine counts of financial transaction card theft, and nine counts of misdemeanor theft by receiving stolen property.
Both are being held without bond in Putnam County Jail, according to jail records.