NORTH VERNON, Ind. — Two Indianapolis women were arrested in North Vernon after police received a report that a female was pointing a handgun at another woman in the parking lot of an auto parts store.
Police responded to the call, but when they arrived, a witness told them the vehicle with the women left.
Police later found the vehicle in the North Vernon Walmart parking lot and located the registered owner, Kore A. Kirk, 20, of Indianapolis.
She was found hiding inside the vehicle. While questioning Kirk, a second female, Kenisha D. Jones, 20, of Indianapolis, was found hiding inside the vehicle.
The officers noticed a strong odor of marijuana inside the vehicle, and during a search found 175 grams of marijuana in separate packaging, a handgun that was reported stolen, and a digital scale.
The also seized $700 in cash, which $110 was counterfeit.
Both women were arrested on charges of dealing in marijuana, possession of paraphernalia, and possession of marijuana.
Jones also faces charges of intimidation with a deadly weapon, possession of stolen property, and pointing a firearm.
