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Jennifer St. John became the center of an investigation in March 2021, Fredericksburg police said.
Detectives executed a search warrant at St John’s home on the 2600 block of Princess Anne Street, and found 40 tablets hidden inside a WD-40 can with a false bottom, police said. Those tablets were tested and found to contain Etizolam, a Schedule I controlled substance ten times stronger than Xanax.
Detectives also found several grams of a synthetic cathinone commonly referred to as “molly” or “boot," and approximately 10 grams of methamphetamine and approximately $6,000 in cash.
On March 3, 2022, detectives executed another search warrant at St John’s home, which turned up approximately 500 grams (½ kilogram) of methamphetamine, several grams of cocaine, synthetic cathinone, and roughly $8,000 in cash.
On Oct. 6, 2022, Fredericksburg police detectives arrested St. John during a coordinated traffic stop. A search of her car found approximately 40 grams of methamphetamine and several grams of cocaine, authorities said.
A Spotsylvania County storage unit that St. John was using contained several more grams of cocaine, methamphetamine, and Psilocybin (mushrooms), police said. Detectives found approximately $4,000 inside a coffee maker within the storage unit.
On Tuesday, June 27, the City of Fredericksburg Circuit Court found St. John guilty of three counts of Possession with the Intent to Distribute a Schedule I/II controlled substance. She was sentenced to 30 years imprisonment with 27 years suspended. St. John forfeited $17,535 in drug proceeds.
St. John is pending prosecution in other jurisdictions for the distribution of fentanyl, police said.
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