The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1997, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Friday, January 10, 1997              TAG: 9701100536
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B2   EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA 
SOURCE: STAFF REPORT 
DATELINE: AVON                              LENGTH:   21 lines

WOMAN CHARGED WITH COCAINE POSSESSION

Mabel O'Reilly, 37, of Avon was arrested Wednesday afternoon and charged with carrying a small quantity of crack cocaine in her car.

Dare County Deputy Sheriff Rodney Midgett said officers pulled O'Reilly over as she was driving through Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge on N.C. 12 at 4 p.m.

Midgett said the sheriff's office had earlier received information alleging that O'Reilly was carrying crack. After deputies got her consent to search her vehicle, they found what Midgett characterized as a ``small'' amount of the narcotic.

O'Reilly was charged with felonious possession and released on $10,000 bail.

KEYWORDS: DRUG ARREST CRACK COCAINE


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