Sheldon, Iowa — A Larrabee woman has been arrested on felony drug charges after a police stop in Sheldon.
According to a criminal complaint filed with the O’Brien County Clerk of Court’s Office by the Sheldon Police Department, 52-year-old Valorie Recker of Larrabee is accused of possession of a controlled substance. She was arrested on Friday.
In his statement, the officer says he made contact with Recker because he was aware that she had a valid mittimus through O’Brien County. He says Recker was advised that she was going to have to go with the officer to serve her mittimus. Before leaving, the officer asked Recker if she needed anything from her vehicle. She told him she had medications, and retrieved them from the vehicle. The officer says he found a small ziploc bag with a white/clear crystalline substance consistent with methamphetamine inside of the medication bottle. He says Recker admitted it was methamphetamine and that the substance was hers. He says there was also another small ziploc bag containing a white/clear crystalline substance consistent with methamphetamine located in the vehicle. Recker told the officer that she had smoked methamphetamine the morning of the stop. Multiple small ziploc baggies normally used to deliver, and/or sell drugs were located in the vehicle. A small digital scale was also located inside of the vehicle, according to the officer.
Recker was charged with possession of a controlled substance, third or subsequent offense, a class D felony and a controlled substance violation, a class C felony. If convicted of a class C felony Recker could face up to ten years in prison, with five years in prison for the class D felony.
She faces a preliminary hearing on the charges on May 7th.
At last report, Recker remained in the O’Brien County Jail in Primghar.
