Woman Arrested on Warrants, Drug Charge After Report of Fight at Motel

Danvers police responded to a report of a fight inside a room at Motel 6 early Friday morning and ended up arresting one woman after officers discovered she had multiple warrants out for her apprehension. It turned out she had more than 100 prescription pills in her pants pocket as well.

Danvers Police Sgt. Robert Bettencourt said officers arrived to the scene shortly after 6 a.m. and found four people inside the room, but all denied there was a fight. One person was left with a bloodied face, however, he said.

Upon running a check for warrants on any of the individuals, police discovered one woman had three, all out of Boston for drug charges.

Marissa Burton, 23, of Hanson, was then taken into custody by officer John Melto, which is when police discovered Burton had a large amount of pills stuffed in her pants pocket.

Bettencourt said there were 71 white pills, 33 green pills and 13 red ones, all clonazepam, which is a sedative often used to treat seizures or anxiety.

Burton was also charged with possession of Class C drugs with intent to distribute.