Angela Gail Lahey, also known as Annabella Baisden, 33, of St. Albans, was arrested in Logan County by West Virginia State Police Sgt. B.E. Guthrie and troopers B.K. Wellman, P.J. Dick and J.K. Harris for driving on a revoked license, no insurance, improper registration, possession of stolen property and possession of a controlled substance on Aug. 29.
She was booked at the Southwestern Regional Jail at Holden at 8:59 p.m.
According to police reports, on Saturday at 5:45 p.m., Sgt. Guthrie observed a green Ford Contour on U.S. Route 119 hat had no visible registration, which was traveling from lane to lane without using a turn signal.
The officer then conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle and spoke with the driver, Angela Gail Baisden (Lehey).
The report said Baisden said she was driving on a suspended license and did not have insurance or a registration card.
The officer then allegedly observed a temporary West Virginia Registration in the back glass of the vehicle.
There were three other male passengers in the vehicle, none of which had valid operators, the report said.
Additional state police units arrived and the officers received verbal consent to search the vehicle. The report said that during the search, several blank checks were seized.
The report said the checks were partially filled out, one with 8/29/09 in the date section. One male passenger allegedly advised that he thought the checks were stolen by a female named "Dixie."
The report said the checks belonged to the Green Spot Lottery account, which is no longer in existence.
The report said none of the vehicle's occupants admitted the checks were theirs. Baisden did allegedly admit there was a glass tube inside the vehicle that had meth inside it and that she had bought the meth several hours earlier.
The report said the glass tube inside the vehicle was broken and a male passenger admitted he broke it on purpose to destroy the meth. The assisting state police units made arrests of the three males inside and charged them with related offenses. A driver's history revealed that Baisden was convicted of driving revoked on 5/13/99 and no insurance on 12/4/03.
Also arrested in relation with the incident were:
Timothy Alan Ward, 27, of St. Albans, was arrested in Logan County by the WVSP for possession of stolen property and possession of a controlled substance and public intoxication on Aug. 29.
He was booked at the regional jail at 8:59 p.m.
Chadrick Allen Wade, 28, of Griffithsville, was arrested in Logan County by the WVSP for possession of stolen property and possession of a controlled substance on Aug. 29.
He was booked at the regional jail at 8:59 p.m.
Donald Dewayne Messer, 27, of St. Albans, was arrested in Logan County by the WVSP for possession of a controlled substance (three counts), obstructing an officer and possession of stolen property on Aug. 29.
He was booked at the regional jail at 8:59 p.m.
According to the other police reports, during the traffic stop Tpr. Harris discovered a bag containing a white powdery residue believed to be Oxycontin, various needles, syringes and a broken glass vial which had contained meth. Ward reportedly denied any knowledge of the stolen checks or drugs but had slurred speech and trouble standing.
Tpr. Dick reportedly asked Messer if he had any contraband on his person and Messer reportedly stated that he had a needle in his pocket which contained morphine.
Tpr. Dick recovered one syringe containing a liquid substance believed to be morphine. Messer allegedly told Tpr. Dick that the white powdery substance was crushed oxycontin.
"Messer stated that he broke the vial the methamphetamine was contained in when the traffic stop was initiated so the officers would not find the narcotics," that report states. "Messer denied any knowledge of the blank checks in the vehicle but one of the checks was written to him.
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