SAC CITY, IOWA – Posting pictures of a cute and cuddly pet to social media backfired on an Iowa woman this month, women police were notified that in the picture was a marijuana pipe.
The Sac City, Iowa Police Department has filed charges on a Sac City female following an incident that took place on August 2, 2017. At approximately 8:40 PM that evening, the Sac City Police Department received an anonymous tip that 40-year-old Sara Regensheid of Sac City had posted a photograph on her Facebook page of her cat. In the background of the photograph, which was posted 44 minutes prior to the tip, was drug paraphernalia (a pipe used in the commission of smoking marijuana).
As a result of the pet pic, tip to police and an investigation, the paraphernalia was seized from the residence of 202 South 13th Street. Regensheid was charged with Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, a simple misdemeanor.