EARLY MORNING ARRESTS TAKE IN THREE FOR DRUG POSSESSION IN FAYETTE CO.

  

Deputies in Fayette County made a string of drug arrests early Wednesday morning.

Just after midnight, Deputy Adam Mack saw a passenger car on FM 154 failing to keep a single lane, and stopped it on Kerr Street in Muldoon.  The driver, 28-year-old Brittany Kay Friday of Hutto, admitted to having marijuana in the vehicle.  Deputy Mack searched the vehicle and located a cartridge containing THC oil and marijuana.  Friday was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance.

Shortly before 1:45 a.m., Deputy Ryan Meagher stopped a pickup truck on South Kirtley Road, near the Bastrop County line, for a traffic violation.  The driver showed nervous behavior and had an open alcohol container in sight.  A search of the vehicle turned up a pipe and a plastic baggie holding methamphetamines.  49-year-old Narlen Lloyd Tompkins of Smithville was arrested for Possession of a Controlled Substance.

Then just before 2:45 a.m., Deputy James Ulbig stopped a speeding vehicle on I-10 westbound, at the 657 mile marker, traveling 120 miles per hour.  Upon making contact with the driver, an odor of marijuana was detected, and the driver admitted to having smoked marijuana.  After searching the vehicle, Deputy Ulbig found marijuana inside.  Arrested was 18-year-old Donye Westbrooks of San Marcos, charged with Possession of Marijuana.

All three were taken to the Dan R. Beck Justice Center.