Police: Fall River woman hid 109 bags of heroin in her pants

FALL RIVER — A local woman is facing a drug distribution charge after riding in a car that fled from police on Monday, court documents show. But she didn't get far before being stopped by a gang unit attached to state police.

Kimberly Emond, 50, of Fall River, was arraigned in District Court Tuesday on a single charge of possession of a Class A drug with intent to distribute, according to court documents.

Officers assigned to the Street Crimes Unit of the Fall River Police Department noticed a 2012 Kia Soul parked outside a Carver Street residence just before 6 p.m. Monday, according to a police report.

An officer recognized the car as belonging to a 71-year-old woman who often lent it to a family member, even though the family members’ license was revoked, according to the report.

A short while later, the officers saw a man they know to be a “validated member of the violent street gang, (the) Crips” walk out from the Carver Street residence.

The man got into the back seat of the Kia Soul, the report states.

Officers believed they were watching a “meaningless ride” — when a person gets into a car for a short period of time, when a drug deal happens.

Officers moved closer to the Kia Soul, getting ready to stop it. But the car fled, according to the police report.

Officers canvassed the area looking for the car, but didn’t have to travel far. State police troopers attached to the gang unit had pulled the Kia Soul over about one block away, at the corner of Snell and Dover streets.

A state trooper told a local police officer that he'd also been watching the Kia Soul. The trooper also saw the suspected “meaningless ride,” according to the report.

In the Kia Soul was the family member of the car’s owner, the “validated” member of the Crips street gang and Emond, according to the report.

Police told all three to get out of the car, according to the report. Emond was searched after an officer saw her “manipulating a large bulge which was protruding in the front of her jeans."

An officer allegedly found 109 bags of suspected heroin stuffed in the front of Emond’s pants, according to the report.

The bags weighed a combined 2.18 grams, and were sent to a state police lab for testing, according to the report.

Email Amanda Burke at aburke@heraldnews.com.