Woman with flat tire arrested for OWI, meth possesion

DEKALB COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) After responding to help out a driver of a car with a flat tire on I-69, police arrested the sole occupant due to the results of a breath test and the discovery of drugs and drug paraphernalia in the car.

Police were called to assist the car on the side of I-69 around 7:05 p.m. on Monday. 39-year-old Rachel A. Reamer, of Angola, was sitting in the driver's seat and, according to police, the responding trooper could smell alcohol on her breath.

The trooper called for assistance as the incident was now an investigation into operating while intoxicated (OWI).

During an inventory of the car police found several hypodermic needles in a container with liquid methamphetamine and several other drug-related items. An unknown substance was sent to a lab for analysis.

Reamer registered a blood alcohol content of .12 percent in a breath test on the scene. She was arrested and taken to the DeKalb County Jail.

Reamer faces the following charges:

• Operating While Intoxicated Per Se, Class C Misdemeanor
• Operating While Intoxicated .08%-.14%, Class C Misdemeanor
• Possession of Paraphernalia, Class A Misdemeanor
• Maintaining a Common Nuisance, Class D Felony
• Possession of Methamphetamine, Class D Felony
• Possession of a Hypodermic Needle, Class D Felony