The Penobscot County Sheriff’s Department arrested a Hermon woman on Sunday after she was allegedly found during a probation check with guns, cash, and drugs.
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At approximately 11:40 p.m. on Friday, Penobscot deputies responded to an RV parked at a local Hermon business to conduct a probation search.
The RV’s occupant, Kristina Andrews, 37, homeless, was on probation following a drug trafficking conviction and was subject to searches as a condition of her probation.
During the search, deputies found two locked safes.
Andrews and the other occupant of the RV refused to provide the combinations.
Deputies allegedly developed probable cause to determine that the safes contained drugs and seized them.
On Sunday, deputies were granted a search warrant to access the safes and forced them open with help from the Bangor Fire Department.
Inside, deputies allegedly found approximately 150 grams of fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine, and MDMA, a handgun, a BB gun, and $3,500 in suspected drug proceeds.
Deputies arrested Andrews on charges of aggravated unlawful trafficking of Schedule W drugs, possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, and unlawful possession of Schedule W drugs. She was also held on a probation violation.
The investigation remains ongoing, and additional arrests are expected to follow.
