Drugs Found After Truck Runs Over Shrubs

A home in Cosby got a surprise when a pickup truck drove onto their property and over their shrubbery. The Cocke County Sheriff’s office stated that the driver of a Ford F-150 pickup stated that her brakes had failed, she panicked and left the roadway and drove over the bushes. That driver was 41 year old Rachel Mullins of Rutledge. Deputies stated that she and a passenger in the truck were acting very nervous. A K-9 unit arrived and the K-9 alerted to something on the drivers’ side. A baggie containing .9 grams of heroin was found in the drivers’ side door. Deputies also found 3.68 grams of marijuana inside Mullins’ purse. She was charged with possession of schedule I & VI drugs and vandalism.