Ringgold police arrest three women in meth bust on I-75 in Ringgold

According to the Ringgold Police Department:

April Nicole Sizemore, 29, of Kentucky, Melody Jacqueline Lemar, 36, of Kentucky, and Jessica Kathryn Flannery, 25, of Gray, Ga., were arrested on Thursday, Dec. 8, on a charge of trafficking methamphetamine. Sizemore added additional charges of giving false information to officers, driving while license suspended, and window tint.The three was stopped on I-75 in Ringgold around

11:00 p.m. on Dec. 8 after the Chevrolet Malibu they were traveling in had illegal window tinting on it. Officer Brison Strickland of Ringgold PD says Sizemore, who was driving, initially gave him a fake ID and gave inconsistent stories of how she knew the other two ladies in the vehicle. The three stated they'd been in Atlanta visiting a friend, and that they were traveling back to Kentucky. After a few minutes of questioning, Strickland says Jessica Flannery admitted that the women had drugs in the vehicle. Inside the grocery bag, officers found two large Ziploc bags containing a crystalline

substance. Strickland says that neither of the women wanted to claim ownership of the drugs, and that a large sum of cash was found in the vehicle. "A white wallet located under the passenger seat contained $1,118, and then a small bag contained coins totaling the amount to $1,169.12," Strickland said.