RICHLAND CO.— A Louisville woman, already serving a drug sentence out of Clay County, which included her obtaining drug treatment, busted on a possession charge in Richland and given a shot at rehab has apparently screwed that up too.
The saga of Shannon M. Lewis, 38, of the 3900 block of Bible Grove Ln., Louisville, began February 1, 2018, when she was arrested and charged with Unlawful Manufacture/Delivery of Cannabis 30-500 grams, Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine and Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance.
Her first chance was handed her the very next day, February 2, when she was released from Clay County police custody on a $3,000 recognizance bond.
A little more than a month later, March 13, 2018, Lewis was again taken into custody in Clay County and this time charged with Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine, Unlawful Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, identified as a multi-colored glass cannabis smoking pipe and two counts of Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance, identified as tramadol and lorazepam.
On April 2, 2018, Lewis pleaded guilty to the meth possession charges in both Clay County cases in return for the remainder of all the charges being dismissed and a sentence of probation for 24 months, along with an order to obtain medical/mental and drug treatment and to pay $6,449 in fines, of which she has paid nothing.
Nine days later, April 29, and in violation of her Clay County sentence, Lewis was the subject of a traffic stop in Richland County, at 11:33 p.m., while operating a 2003 maroon Dodge in the 900 block of South West Street, in Olney.
Subsequent to that stop, Lewis was found to have on her person less than five grams of meth, and two cannabis-smoking pipes.
She was taken into custody and charged with Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine and Unlawful Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.
One month later, May 29, 2018, Lewis was released from Richland County custody and into the custody of Chris McKnelly, for the purpose of transportation to a drug and alcohol assessment program at Comprehensive Connections, in Mt. Vernon.
The deal was that if a bed were available, that Lewis check in and begin her treatment and if not she would return to the county jail.
According to a motion charging violation of the conditions of her release, filed by state’s attorney Charles Bradley Vaughn, Lewis was released as planned, however when she discovered there was no bed available for her she did not return to the Richland County Jail.
And that apparent stunt earned her an active arrest warrant signed May 30, with a cash bond of $3,000.