Hannibal woman in Pike County Jail facing drug charges after traffic stop

PITTSFIELD, Ill. — A Hannibal woman is in the Pike County Jail after she was arrested after a traffic stop.

The Pike County Sheriff’s Department conducted a traffic stop at 1:15 p.m. Sept. 20 on a 2004 Ford Freestyle on Jefferson Street near Madison Street in Pittsfield. After an investigation, the driver, Tonya C. Smallwood, 53, of Hannibal, Mo., was arrested on the following charges:

• Unlawful possession of methamphetamine,
• Unlawful possession of adult-use cannabis in a motor vehicle (driver),
• Driving under the influence of any amount of drug, 
• Attempting to defraud a drug screening device and
• Failure to signal.

Smallwood was arrested without incident.