A woman was in Brown County Jail on Tuesday morning on bonds totaling $79,500 following her arrest on Monday.

According to the Brownwood Police Department, on Monday, March 15, at approximately 11 a.m., officer Justin Taylor initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle in the 3800 block of US Hwy 377S.

Contact was made with the driver who identified herself  but could not provide a driver’s license.  While investigating this stop, a syringe was located inside a purse which was confirmed to contain a small amount of methamphetamine.  The driver was arrested at this time.  A second purse was located which contained a driver’s license that identified the individual as 44-year-old Ashley Monique Montemayor (Pruett) who confirmed that the DL did, in fact, belong to her and she was lying to the officers about her name due to having warrants for her arrest.

A communications check revealed several warrants: one from Pardon and Parole, one from Brown County for Theft of Property and one from Brownwood Municipal Court for Theft.  The warrants were confirmed.

Continuing a search of the vehicle, officers located a black handbag containing a small Ziploc type baggy containing approximately 4 grams of suspected methamphetamine, a baggy containing unknown pills and another syringe containing a similar substance to the previous syringe.  Lastly, the handbag contained approximately 80 empty Ziploc baggies, a digital scale and a spoon used to burn and melt methamphetamine. 

Pruett was arrested for the warrants and further charged with Delivery of a Controlled Substance PG1, Failure to Identify (Fugitive) and the 3 warrants.