An Orland Park woman who had been accused of selling marijuana earlier in the year, was found with buds in her car and text messages from people looking to buy from her.
On May 30, officers pulled over a car after seeing it not signal while turning, as it drove in a circle around a neighborhood, in the 8800 block of 140th Street around 8:55 p.m. One of the officers recognized the driver from past contacts involving drug transactions, noticed the car didn’t have a village sticker and smelled marijuana inside the car, police said.
The driver’s eyes were red and glassy, and her hand shook as she spoke with the officers, according to the report. When asked to step out of the car, she refused and pulled out her cell phone to search through contacts, police said. She tried pulling the door shut after an officer opened the door, almost clipping his hand in the door by doing so, according to the report.
She struggled once pulled out of the car, and had to be put on the ground to be handcuffed, and wouldn’t let go of her car’s bumper while police tried cuffing her, police said. An officer found a “large amount of United States Currency rubber-banded in her back pocket,” along with a plastic sandwich baggie with marijuana. Another bag with “several large green and leafy buds” was found in the driver’s side wheel well, police said. A cigarette pack wedged between the seat and car door also contained a green leafy bud among the cigarettes, according to the report.
Texts were seen in her phone with a request for an ounce of marijuana, as well as another request for a quarter ounce, along with replies from the driver saying “she could accommodate the transaction in both text conversations,” according to the report.
The total amount of marijuana found was 34.5 grams, and the cash amount was $859, divided evenly into bill denominations, police said.
Amanda M. Bennett, 22, of the 13700 block of Lincolnshire Drive in Orland Park, was charged with possession of marijuana with intent to deliver, obstructing a peace officer, driving an uninsured vehicle, driving without a license and failure to signal.
Her court date was set for May 31.
Bennett had also been charged with delivery of marijuana back in January, according to records.
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Great job OPPD! Definitely not cowardly and dastardly - Smart, Brave, and Protecting are more like it!!!! Jane - Smoking, growing and selling marijuana is just as illegal as herione or any other controlled substance in Illinois. I agree there is a huge herione problem, but really??? You want the police to just turn their backs on a known drug dealer, who obviously hasn't learned from being arrested previously, and not only uses it, still sells it, but from the buds, also intends to grow it!!! Yeah...lets just let her off, because heroin is a bigger problem. What insane and moronic logic I would have to posses in order to agree with that thinking! Illegal drugs are ILLEGAL! Any and all dealers need to be arrested and charged and sentenced - period! But for the sake of argument - for those who feel pot should be legal like alcohol, from her "red eyes" and demeanor, she was also driving under the influence, which is also illegal!! She was putting innocent victims lives in danger. This women obviously has no respect for herself or others. She deserved to be arrested and since she didn't learn her lesson from her previous arrest, then I'm all for the police throwing every other charge at her they can lawfully find that she committed! Maybe some serious time behind bars will teach her how to respect herself, others, and the law!
And small amount? She was selling. Another crime last time I looked.
The hard drugs get sold by losers like her. She had 34 grams on her posession? Thats over an ounce, thats distribution. Keep arresting her. Either she will straighten out, or get arrested again and have plenty of time while incarcerated to think of a new career path.
Instead of cheering that police are going to sending someone to jail at your expense, be glad she was caught at a young age and hopefully depending on the judges ruling be released at an early enough time that she can change her life around without spending it all behind bars. F.Y.I. - If your kid wants drugs, they'll find them. Thinking anything else is naive. Suggest you play a part in their lives if your so worried about them rather then gossip about the kids your own children are "hanging out" with that get caught.
But to try to make us feel bad for applauding the OPPD, especially after Jane Adams' comment is just crazy. But seriously, if this was just this woman's first offense, and not so recently after being arrested, tells me she is no where close to feeling bad or admitting selling drugs is wrong. Our statements are not a reflection on her parents. She is an adult and 100% responsible for her actions. Her parents are not reaponsible for an adult child's action! Who, by the way, i see as other innocent victims of her actions too. But hopefully, if she or any other drug dealer is embarrassed by all our comments, maybe they will be motivated to get the help they need to stop once and for all.
This woman needs to be locked up so that she can no longer provide illegal drugs to others, yes, those others will find someone else to get it from, but we need to just keep locking them up and showing them tougher repercussions.