Missing bicycle search turns to drug arrests

A police search for a stolen bicycle led to drug arrests earlier this week for two Seymour women.

The Seymour Police Department is reporting that officers were searching for a bicycle stolen from Peak Avenue Tuesday afternoon, when they heard it might be at a home on Village Circle. Police talked to the homeowner, 56-year-old Tammi Walters, and thought she might be involved with drugs. After getting a search warrant, officers allegedly discovered methamphetamine, illegal prescription medications, marijuana, drug paraphernalia, hypodermic syringes — and the stolen bicycle.

Walters and another woman at the home, 32 year old Seymour resident Shannon Bennett, were both arrested.

Walters is facing preliminary charges of Maintaining a Common Nuisance, Possession of Methamphetamine, Possession of Paraphernalia, Possession of Marijuana, Possession of a Schedule 4 Narcotic, Possession of a Hypodermic Syringe, and Assisting a Criminal.

Bennett was arrested on suspicion of Visiting a Common Nuisance, Possession of Methamphetamine, Possession of Paraphernalia, Possession of Marijuana, Possession of a Schedule 4 Narcotic, Possession of a Hypodermic Syringe