HANOVER TWP. — A 19-year-old Oxford woman may be arraigned in a Butler County Area court this week on felony drug charges.
Butler County sheriff’s deputies charged Brittany Peterson at about 4 p.m. Friday, June 5, during a traffic stop on Morman Road when they said they discovered 210 Ecstasy pills in several baggies.
She was charged with trafficking in drugs, possession of drugs — both second-degree felonies — and permitting drug abuse, a fifth-degree felony.
Further investigations unveiled a safe in a Hamilton apartment where police believe Peterson hangs out, authorities said.
Sgt. Todd Langmeyer said deputies found 105 Ecstacy pills, seven grams of heroin and other pills, including Xanax, in the safe at 222 South E St.
Additional charges are pending investigation, said Langmeyer. “It’s a large amount of Ecstacy,” he added. Charges could be heightened for the drugs found in the safe if investigators find the house is within 1,000 feet of a nearby school, he said.
After being stopped, Peterson admitted she had the pills because she was going to sell them to people, according to the Butler County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office credited the arrest to its Regional Narcotics Unit’s undercover investigation.
Peterson, who lives in the 5200 block of Booth Road in Oxford, faces up to 17 years in prison if convicted on the charges.
No arraignment date has been scheduled in Butler County Area II Court in Hamilton, but Butler County Jail personnel said an arraignment could happen as soon as Tuesday, June 9.
She remains in the county jail on $32,600 bond.
