CLARION, Pa. (EYT) — A Knox woman pleaded guilty on Wednesday to drug charges in the Clarion County Court of Common Pleas.Jodi Lea Heath, 46, pleaded guilty to drug possession with the intent to deliver.
President Judge James Arner said Heath will be evaluated for admission into a treatment program. She is scheduled to be sentenced at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, December 13, in the Clarion County Court of Common Pleas.
The investigation began when Clarion Borough Police Chief William H. Peck, IV, was contacted on April 26 by New Kensington Police Department detective who said that he had active felony warrants for Robert Hartzell and Alexa Fiscus for delivery of methamphetamine.
According to the criminal complaint, on April 27, Clarion-based State Police received a tip that Hartzell and Fiscus were at a residence located at 54 South 5th Avenue in Clarion. Clarion Borough Officer Kemmer noted that Hartzell and Fiscus’ blue vehicle was parked behind the residence, and another blue vehicle pulled into the parking lot, and a man who fit Hartzell’s description got into it. Chief Peck advised Officer Kemmer to stop the car.
Officer Kemmer stopped the car on Elis Street between 4th and 5th avenues. Hartzell was not in the vehicle; however, the driver was identified as Jodi Heath. Police also learned that Heath was a wanted person.
When asked, Heath stated there was nothing illegal in the car and gave Officer Kemmer consent to search it.
A plastic baggie containing 57 yellow Percocet pills was located in the middle console. Police say Heath admitted that the pills were hers and that she didn’t have a prescription for them, the complaint indicates.
Heath said that “she just takes the pills and smokes weed.”
She said that “her weed pipe was in a cigarette pack between the middle console and passenger seat,” according to the complaint.
“Twenty clear plastic baggies, $877 in cash and other drug paraphernalia were found in Heath’s purse,” the complaint continues.
