Murphy – District Attorney Ashley Hornsby Welch announced last week that a local woman received active time in prison recently after pleading guilty to trafficking fentanyl.
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Patricia Ann Waldroup, 37, will spend a minimum of 70 months, up to a maximum of 93 months, in the N.C. Department of Adult Correction, Welch said.
Cherokee County sheriff’s Deputy Jake Stoddard, with assistance from Deputy Andrew Mansion, made the arrest on Oct. 16, 2022, according to a release. The deputies were attempting to serve an active warrant for Waldroup’s arrest in Marble at a Canyon Road address.
A man at the residence both denied knowing Waldroup’s location and claimed that he had not seen her recently. However, Stoddard noticed a “female subject attempting to tiptoe behind a nearby shed,” according to an incident report.
The deputies said Waldroup, who was found behind the shed, pulled two plastic wrappers containing illegal drugs from under her shirt as they were cuffing her.
In addition, Cherokee County Superior Court Judge Tessa Sellers ordered Waldroup pay a $50,000 state fine. She must also pay $430.50 in court costs.
This is not the first time Waldroup’s name has been in the Cherokee Scout’s arrest report. In 2020, she was charged with felonious restraint over an incident involving a teenager. In 2019, she faced charges of possession of meth and possession of drug paraphernalia after a home raid. And in 2016, she was charged with simple assault.