As reported by Nathan Brown, of The Daily Review, A Bradford County man, along with his counterpart, are behind bars after drugs, paraphernalia and precursors to making methamphetamine were located within a vehicle in the Wal-Mart parking lot in Athens Township.
Police responded to the Wal-Mart parking lot for a report of a 2010 silver Kia Forte that had several flat tires.
Inside the car, they found Sean Patrick Mooney, 29, of Towanda and Monica Ann Micklas, 28, of Rome.
As Micklas was searching for her identification in her purse, police say they observed a hypodermic needle and a baggy containing a green leafy substance.
Police say Mooney told them a friend had left “some stuff in the back seat of the vehicle under clothes that was used in making meth.” Micklas added that she believed that there was some marijuana within the vehicle as well, stated police.
Police searched the vehicle and found multiple items of drug paraphernalia, a small amount of methamphetamine, a small amount of marijuana, some prescription pills, and precursors to making methamphetamine, according to police.
Mooney is also being charged with misdemeanors possession of drug paraphernalia, obstruction and providing false reports. He was remanded to the Bradford County Correctional Facility in lieu of $50,000 bail.
Micklas was arraigned before Clark and was sent to the Bradford County Correctional Facility in lieu of $50,000 bail on charges of possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia, court documents show.