Wanted Columbus woman arrested on drug charges

A local woman was arrested on drug charges Monday after officers received a report of several people refusing to leave a Columbus home. Officers responded to the home in the 500 block of Pence Street at 7:20 p.m. and determined that one of the people inside, 34-year-old Stephanie M. Saylor, of Columbus, had an active arrest warrant. Officers reported finding Saylor hiding under a mattress inside the residence and she was placed under arrest. The officers also located a zippered bag that Saylor had with her that allegedly contained several syringes, a digital scale, and methamphetamine.

Saylor was arrested on preliminary charges of Possession of a Legend Drug Injection Device, Possession of Methamphetamine and the warrant out of Jackson County.