An Altha woman was arrested after Marianna police found a marijuana smoking pipe, prescription pills and stolen items from Family Dollar during a traffic stop.

Laurie Jones was charged with retail theft, possession of drug paraphernalia and two counts of possession of a controlled substance.

Jones and her daughter were pulled over on Dec. 7 , for a damaged windshield and not wearing a seatbelt. The officer ran Jones lisence and discovered that Jones was on probation for marijuana with a special condition of submit to search.

Jones permitted the officer to search the car and several unpaid items from the Family Dollar were reportedly found. Police reported that a silver and green smoking pipe with marijuana residue in it was also found behind the center console. Inside a silver snakeskin purse, several household items were found along with a green pill bottle containing Clonazepam and Alprazolam, two Schedule 4 prescriptions.

Police say Jones daughter said the unopened items were stolen from the Family Dollar East. According to a receipt, only $16.05 worth of items were paid for. The items were collected and given back to Family Dollar East, who calculated that $110.14 worth of the items had not been paid for.

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