During the early morning hours of Friday March 6, 2015 a Mesquite patrol officer observed a vehicle parked on a golf cart path behind a residential community on West Hafen Lane. The officer investigated the vehicle and observed an adult female seated in the driver’s seat, who exhibited suspicious behavior.

Mesquite officers conducted a consensual search of the vehicle and located 4.2 grams of methamphetamine and several items of drug paraphernalia.

The occupant, Washington, Utah resident Britney Ann Petersen, 36, was arrested and charged with felony possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine) and possession of drug paraphernalia.Britney Petersen

Petersen was transported to the Clark County Detention Center, located in Las Vegas.