{"id":4793,"date":"2022-03-12T01:54:48","date_gmt":"2022-03-12T01:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/CAIiECkMzTKe551huFQ7vw1q7i4qGQgEKhAIACoHCAow8dv9CjDw5_UCMJDi1wU"},"modified":"2022-03-12T01:54:48","modified_gmt":"2022-03-12T01:54:48","slug":"police-bristol-woman-found-with-150-mdma-pills-other-drugs-in-bridgeport-ctpost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/?p=4793","title":{"rendered":"Police: Bristol woman found with 150 MDMA pills, other drugs in Bridgeport &#8211; CTPost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- hearst\/article\/articleHeader.tpl --><\/p>\n<header class=\"article--header articleHeader\">\n<div class=\"articleHeader--subHead hasPhoto\">\n<div class=\"articleHeader--photo\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctpost.com\/author\/liz-hardaway\/\" title=\"Liz Hardaway\" class=\"articleHeaderHeader--subhead-img hdn-analytics\" data-hdn-analytics=\"visit-from-image|Liz Hardaway-Author Page|articleHeader-header|1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img class=\"articleHeaderHeader--subhead-img\" alt=\"Photo of Liz Hardaway\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"articleHeader--byline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctpost.com\/author\/liz-hardaway\/\" title=\"Liz Hardaway\" class=\"articleHeader--byline-url hdn-analytics\" data-hdn-analytics=\"visit|Liz Hardaway-Author Page|article-header|1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Liz Hardaway<\/a><\/div>\n<p>March 11, 2022<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<p><!-- e hearst\/article\/articleHeader.tpl --><!-- hearst\/common\/chapterNavigation.tpl --> <!-- e hearst\/common\/chapterNavigation.tpl --><\/p>\n<article class=\"article--content\">\n<section id=\"articleTop\" class=\"article--content-zone top\"><\/section>\n<p> <!-- hearst\/article\/content\/photo.tpl --> <\/p>\n<figure class=\" extendFromGrid fXS fSM fMD fLG fXL\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"landscape\" src=\"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/police-bristol-woman-found-with-150-mdma-pills-other-drugs-in-bridgeport-ctpost.jpg\" alt=\"Bridgeport police investigate at the scene of a shooting at a home on Park Terrace in Bridgeport, Conn., on Friday June 29, 2018. A 14-year-old boy was shot in the face and chest Friday afternoon, Police Chief Armando Perez said. \u201c(He) was shot multiple times,\u201d Perez said around 5:30 p.m.\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\"><\/p>\n<p>Bridgeport police investigate at the scene of a shooting at a home on Park Terrace in Bridgeport, Conn., on Friday June 29, 2018. A 14-year-old boy was shot in the face and chest Friday afternoon, Police Chief Armando Perez said. \u201c(He) was shot multiple times,\u201d Perez said around 5:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"credits\">Christian Abraham \/ Hearst Connecticut Media<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!-- e hearst\/article\/content\/photo.tpl --> <\/p>\n<p>BRIDGEPORT \u2014 A Bristol woman was charged with operating a drug factory Thursday night after police found her with more than 150 pills of MDMA, as well as various pills, crushed ecstasy and cocaine, according to the Bridgeport Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>Police stopped a tan Buick with heavy tinted windows around 9 p.m. Thursday after it failed to stop at a stop sign at Norman and State streets.<\/p>\n<div id=\"paywall\" class=\"content-wrapper\">\n<p>While speaking to the passenger, later identified as 40-year-old Lori Lee Benson of Bristol, police saw she had marijuana packaged for street level sale and a digital scale.<\/p>\n<p>Police said they also found Benson with 158 pills of MDMA, 5 grams of crushed ecstasy, 14 grams of marijuana, 16 OxyContin pills, 2.2 grams of cocaine, nine pills of Alprazolam, six various THC products and over $400 in cash.<\/p>\n<p> <!-- Missed: ad --> <!-- Missed: ad --> <\/p>\n<p>Benson was charged with possession of a hallucinogen with intent to sell, possession of a controlled substance, possession of narcotics with intent to sell, operation of a drug factory and failure to keep narcotics in original container.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"article--content-inline\">\n<aside class=\"zone\"> <!-- hearst\/home\/mostPopular.tpl --> <!--e hearst\/home\/mostPopular.tpl --><!-- src\/business\/widgets\/hearst\/collection\/widget.tpl --> <!-- e src\/business\/widgets\/hearst\/collection\/widget.tpl --><\/aside>\n<\/aside>\n<p> <!-- hearst\/article\/content\/zone.tpl --> <!-- hearst\/article\/content\/embed.tpl --> <\/p>\n<section class=\"article--content-embed automatched\" data-eid=\"item-96887\"> <!-- amp-exco-5debc2de-4d40-450f-aeb7-0467e3a9df76 --> <\/section>\n<p><!-- e hearst\/article\/content\/embed.tpl --> <!-- e hearst\/article\/content\/zone.tpl --> <\/p>\n<p>She was held on $50,000 bond and is currently on probation, according to police.<\/p>\n<p> <!-- hearst\/article\/content\/relatedStories.tpl --> <\/p>\n<section class=\"relatedStories\" data-progressive=\"true\"><\/section>\n<p><!-- e hearst\/article\/content\/relatedStories.tpl --><\/p>\n<section id=\"articleBottom\" class=\"article--content-zone bottom\"><\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><!-- hearst\/article\/articleAside.tpl --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"article--aside slideshow--aside\">\n<aside id=\"zoneD\" class=\"zone\"><!-- src\/business\/widgets\/hearst\/collection\/widget.tpl --> <!-- e src\/business\/widgets\/hearst\/collection\/widget.tpl --> <!-- business\/templates\/design\/item\/default.tpl --> <!-- mid:freeform.85203 --> <\/aside>\n<aside id=\"zoneC\" class=\"zone\"> <!-- hearst\/home\/mostPopular.tpl --> <!--e hearst\/home\/mostPopular.tpl --><!-- src\/business\/widgets\/hearst\/collection\/widget.tpl --> <!-- e src\/business\/widgets\/hearst\/collection\/widget.tpl --><\/aside>\n<\/aside>\n<p><!-- e hearst\/article\/articleAside.tpl --><!-- hearst\/article\/articleFooter.tpl --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"article--footer\"><!-- hearst\/common\/author_body.tpl --> <\/p>\n<div class=\"articleFooter\">\n<div class=\"articleFooter--author articleFooter--social\">\n<p>Reach Liz on<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"articleFooter--bio\">\n<p>Liz Hardaway is a breaking news reporter for Hearst Connecticut Media through the Hearst Fellowship Program.\n<\/p>\n<p>She previously worked at the San Antonio Express-News to help cover city hall and local issues. She also worked at the Sun Newspapers in Southwest Florida as a general assignment reporter covering politics, business, and health.&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>Liz graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University in 2018 with a B.A. in journalism. She enjoys cooking, reading and playing with her dachshund, Finn.\n<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><!-- e hearst\/common\/author_body.tpl --><\/p>\n<section class=\"article--comments\"><\/section>\n<\/footer>\n<p><!-- e hearst\/article\/articleFooter.tpl --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liz Hardaway March 11, 2022 Bridgeport police investigate at the scene of a shooting at a home on Park Terrace in Bridgeport, Conn., on Friday June 29, 2018. A 14-year-old boy was shot in the face and chest Friday afternoon, Police Chief Armando Perez said. \u201c(He) was shot multiple times,\u201d Perez said around 5:30 p.m. Christian Abraham \/ Hearst Connecticut Media BRIDGEPORT \u2014 A Bristol woman was charged with operating a drug factory Thursday night after police found her with more than 150 pills of MDMA, as well as various pills, crushed ecstasy and cocaine, according to the Bridgeport Police&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4794,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/police-bristol-woman-found-with-150-mdma-pills-other-drugs-in-bridgeport-ctpost.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}