Sheriff Scott Montgomery reports that on Monday July 8, 2013 Inv. John Nichols was patrolling an area that had been recently hit with burglaries and spotted a suspicious vehicle.  Inv. Nichols approached the vehicle to question the driver Gina Collins 50 year old female of Alexander, when he noticed in plain sight an open container with a green vegetable substance (Marijuana) in it.  Collins admitted to Inv. Nichols that it was marijuana.

Inv. Nichols cited Collins with possession of a controlled substance, a class A Misdemeanor.