Crime & Safety
Teen Accused of Carrying Prescription Pills
The following arrest information was provided by the White Plains Police Department, it does not indicate a conviction.
A 17-year-old from White Plains faces a misdemeanor charge after police say she was caught with 30 prescription pills in a parked car, police say.
Police were checking on a dark-colored BMW parked suspiciously near the intersection of Nutgrove St. and Lafayette Ave. at about 7:44 p.m. Wednesday night when an officer smelled marijuana, according to an arrest report. Police searched the four people in the vehicle and say a 17-year-old girl was carrying a bottle of about 30 Alprazolam pills, a prescription narcotic.
The girl was arrested and charged with fifth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor. She was held for court.
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