The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department had a light week last week, making only a couple of arrests after a couple was allegedly found with methamphetamines in their vehicle.

According to Sheriff Patrick Ray, on December 20, a deputy conducted a traffic stop on a white Chevy Caprice for suspended registration. During the stop, the deputy made contact with the driver, 30-year-old Tavisha Juanita Hall of Midway Road, Smithville, and her passenger, 34-year-old Timothy William Patrick of Walker Drive, Smithville.

After obtaining permission to search the vehicle, authorities discovered found a small vial of a crystal-like substance, believed to be meth, hidden inside a flashlight under the center console of the vehicle.

Both Hall and Patrick were charged with methamphetamine manufacture deliver sell or possess, and cited for possession of drug paraphernalia after a set of scales were found next to the methamphetamine.

Hall and Patrick are each under a $50,000 bond and are due in court on January 5.