Nervous woman arrested with fentanyl at Chrome Shop in Wildwood

A nervous woman was arrested with drugs at the Chrome Shop on State Road 44 in Wildwood.

Jodie Katherine McGowan, 33, of Summerfield, was getting into a red Ford Fusion at about 8 p.m. Thursday when a deputy ran the vehicle’s license plate and discovered the vehicle’s registered owner has a suspended license, according to an arrest report from the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office. McGowan started to drive away and the deputy immediately initiated a traffic stop.

When the deputy approached McGowan she was “shaking” and “appeared nervous.” A K-9 unit was summoned to the scene and the dog alerted on the car indicating the likely presence of drugs.

A black storage box was found under the driver’s seat. The box contained multiple hypodermic needles, burnt metal spoons, burnt aluminum foil and a digital scale. It also contained a bag of fentanyl…

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