A Rome, Georgia woman was arrested for Driving under the Influence, at a checkpoint in Chattooga County earlier this month (December). 

According to an incident report filed with the Georgia State Patrol Public Information Office that was released on Friday of last week – the woman was traveling on Highway 48 – and was stopped at a checkpoint near the intersection of Raccoon Creek Road.   When the driver rolled down her window to speak with the state trooper he could then smell a strong odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle. 

The woman told the trooper, she had indeed smoked marijuana earlier in the day – saying she and some friends had been in Chattanooga earlier and her friends had been smoking pot in the vehicle.    The driver declined a sobriety test and was subsequently arrested.

Brittany Gabrielle Mason, age 22 was charged with DUI for drugs and she was booked into the Chattooga County Jail.

(AM 1180 Chattooga County, Georgia)