Crime & Safety
Traffic Stop Leads To Drug Charges For 2 Joliet Women: NLPD
The women were passengers in a car that was pulled over for expired registration, according to police reports.
NEW LENOX, IL — Two Joliet women face drug charges after a recent traffic stop in New Lenox.
Police pulled over a driver at Rte. 30 and Nelson Road May 1 just before 9 p.m., for expired registration.
During the interaction, the officer could smell raw cannabis coming from inside the vehicle. Two female passengers, identified as Kayla Skurkis, 28, and Cheyenne Flanagan, 24, both of Joliet, were identified as having active arrest warrants.
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A search of Skurkis turned up a small clear bag of white powder, which later field-tested positive for the presence of cocaine.
A search of Flanagan and her belongings yielded numerous glass pipes with burnt residue. Skurkis and Flanagan were taken into custody and transported to the New Lenox Police Department.
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Both were charged with possession of a controlled substance and transported to the Will County Jail.
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