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Last updated on Thursday, March 19, 2015
(KOSCIUSKO CO.) - Last Saturday a Warsaw women was stopped by the state police on U.S. 30 near Parker Street in Warsaw for running a traffic light.
Indiana State Police Lieutenant Chad Larsh soon discovered after talking to the driver, 42-year-old Janet Combs, that she was acting abnormal and showing signs of drug and alcohol impairment.
Police say, Combs, was driving on suspended driver's license and had her two boys ages ten and twelve with her.
Through the course of a discussion with the trooper, he noticed drug paraphernalia in the driver's area as well as items that are associated with drug use in Combs' possession.
Combs claimed that she had borrowed the truck to take her two boys to the movies.
Police also because Combs was driving on a suspended license, the vehicle was towed. But before being told officer conducted an inventory of the truck's contents and found a black bag in the bed of the truck that contained an active one-pot meth lab along with other items associated with making meth.
Combs was arrested and taken to Kosciusko Community Hospital after a search warrant was obtained giving permission to obtain a blood and urine for analysis.
Combs was then taken to the Kosciusko County Jail on charges of possession of meth, manufacturing meth and driving while her driver's license was suspended. Pending the outcome of the blood and urine tests Combs may face additional charges.
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