Pottstown Woman Facing Charges After Birthday Goes Bad

A Pottstown woman is facing charges of drug possession and public drunkenness after police allegedly observed her stumbling near Franklin Street during the early morning hours of March 24.

While on patrol, an officer from the Pottstown Police Department encountered Syreeta Augustine, of Beech Street, stumbling in the middle of the road roughly two hours after turning 34 years old. The report states that Augustine's speech was slurred to the point that police could not understand her, and a portable breath test indicated that she had a blood-alcohol content of .32 percent – four times the legal limit in Pennsylvania.

Realizing that Augustine required medical attention, police had her transported by Goodwill Ambulance to the Pottstown Memorial Medical Center, the report states.

The responding officer contacted the hospital roughly one hour later for an update, during which the emergency room staff informed him that Augustine had dropped a baggie containing "green vegetable matter" from her bra while being changed into a hospital gown, according to the report. 

The baggie was turned over to police, and a subsequent field test identified the substance as marijuana, police said.

Augustine was left at the emergency room to recover from the elevated BAC. She was later charged with possession of a small amount of marijuana and public drunkenness.

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