Fall River Police bust RI woman on possession of cocaine and klonopin

A Harrisville Rhode Island woman was arrested on charges of: Possession of Class B Substance (Cocaine) and Possession of Class C substance (Klonopin)

On December 5th, 2017 at approximately 3:15 pm Officer Joshua Carreiro of the Fall River Police Departments Special Operations Divisions Street Crimes Unit observed a vehicle swerve and nearly strike a barrier on Route 79 Northbound while exiting onto Davol Street. Officer Carreiro performed a motor vehicle stop on Davol Street. As he approached the vehicle he observed several people moving around inside.

Officers J. Ruggiero, R. Saraiva, and K. Bshara responded to assist. While speaking with the operator Officer Carreiro observed passenger Virginia M. LaRochelle age 26 reach down towards her feet and purse despite repeated directions from officers on scene to keep her hands in sight.

Ms. LaRochelle was removed from the vehicle and a female police officer was requested to respond to the scene. Ms. LaRochelle told Officer Carreiro that she had ‘coke’ in a pill bottle in her purse. Officer Bshara looked in the purse and saw two pill bottles, one bottle containing cocaine, the other two (2) and a half tablets of Klonopin.

Virginia M. LaRochelle, age 26 of Harrisville Rhode Island was taken into custody on charges of: Possession of Class B substance (Cocaine) and Possession of Class C substance (Klonopin)