Request For Purse Leads to Felony Charge For a Muskego Woman

A Muskego woman is facing felony drug charges after she wanted to get her purse before her car was towed by Hales Corners police for not having proper registration.

Anna M. Dams, 29, was charged in Milwaukee County Circuit Court Tuesday with one count of possession of a controlled substance. If convicted, she faces up to 3 ½ years in prison and $10,000 in fines.

According to the criminal complaint:

Dams was pulled over Tuesday near South 108^th Street and Forest Home Avenue after a police officer noticed her license plates were not properly registered. After talking to her, the office also noticed Dams had a revoked license and was placed under arrest.

The officer put Dams in the back of his squad and called for a tow truck to take the vehicle, so Dams then asked if she could get her purse from the car.

The officer went and grabbed it and then saw a device used for cooking heroin in plain sight inside the center console of the car. He then searched further and found a bag of the drug along with 15 methadone pills.

Dams told the officer she had a prescription for the methadone, but he then called a pharmacy and discovered it wasn’t true.

Dams is currently being held in jail while undergoing assessment for drug abuse and treatment.