Staff Report

Dominique J. Simmons

LEESBURG — A Leesburg woman was recently arrested after a county probation officer discovered illegal drugs during a home visit.

Dominique J. Simmons, 33, 267 EMS T25 Lane, Leesburg, is charged with possession of a narcotic drug, a Level 3 felony; possession or use of a legend drug, a Level 6 felony; possession of marijuana, a class B misdemeanor; possession of paraphernalia, a class C misdemeanor; and possession of marijuana with a prior conviction and possession of paraphernalia with a prior conviction, both class A misdemeanors.

On June 29, 2021, a Kosciusko County Sheriff’s officer assigned to the NET43 Drug Task Force received a phone call from a county probation officer. The officer said she was conducting a home visit with Simmons when she found drug contraband.

NET43 officers went to Simmons’ home. The items found in the home included a pill bottle containing a large amount of pills, a sandwich bag with 10 pills, a bag and canister of plant-like material, and drug paraphernalia.

According to court documents, the pills in the bottle were identified as a schedule II narcotic drug and weighed 84.4 grams. The pills in the sandwich bag were identified as a legend drug and the plant-like material was identified as marijuana, which weighed 6.8 grams.

Simmons has a prior judgment for paraphernalia possession in DeKalb County in 2013. She was also previously convicted of marijuana possession in 2016.

At the time of this offense, Simmons was on pretrial release in Allen County for theft and on probation out of Allen County for resisting law enforcement.

For this case, Simmons was booked in the Kosciusko County Jail on April 20, 2022, with a $20,500 surety and cash bond.