A man who was allegedly involved in a domestic disturbance and had left the scene by the time police arrived was taken into custody on a drug-related allegation after officers found pills that he had no prescription for.
Anthony Peters, 32, had allegedly gotten into an altercation with his girlfriend Friday at a house in the 700 block of West 27th Avenue, Pine Bluff Police Department Detective Terrance Anderson said in a probable cause affidavit presented in district court Monday.
Reading from the affidavit, Deputy Prosecutor Cymber Gieringer said the woman told police Peters had bitten her finger, and she had scratches to her neck and cheek. She said Peters would probably go to his mother’s house near West 24th Avenue and Maple Street, and when officers got to the area, they saw Peters placing items in a car near West 24th Avenue and Ash Street.
Anderson reported that Peters initially gave police a false name, but one of the officers called out the name “Anthony,” and Peters turned his head and looked.
Gieringer said Peters was arrested for domestic battery, and during a search after the arrest, police found a medicine bottle with the label possibly removed that did not have Peters’ name on it. When questioned, Peters said the bottle contained his seizure medicine.
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According to the affidavit, officers asked Peters’ mother, who was driving the car, if he took medicine. She showed them a bottle she said contained his seizure medicine. When police checked the bottle Peters had in his possession, they found 1 white pill that was determined to be hydrocodone, a Schedule II narcotic.
Jefferson County District Judge Kim Bridgforth set a $2,500 bond for Peters, who Gieringer said had no prior felony convictions or pending charges, after ruling prosecutors have probable cause to charge him with Possession of a Schedule II controlled substance without a prescription.
The Public Defender’s Office was appointed to represent Peters.