Dive summary:

• Karen Bouquillon, the Solid Waste Manager in Northampton, Mass. was arrested while driving on her route for being in possession of prescription drugs and weapons that were intended to be destroyed.
• The prescription drugs had been given to Bouquillon the previous day at a drug take back program and the pepper spray had been given to her by the Police Department to be destroyed.
• Bouquillion was also possibly under the influence of alcohol and had an open container in the car.

From the article:

Police arrested Bouquillon, 46, of Montgomery, after responding to a report of an accident on Hatfield Street. Officers arrived to find her Suburu Forester with a flat tire, front-end damage and fragments of tree bark on the front of the vehicle. Officers administered field sobriety tests and a Breathalyzer test, all of which she failed, police said. She was then placed under arrest.

Police said officers found pepper spray and prescription drugs in Bouquillon’s car. The pepper spray had been given to her in her role as solid waste manager by the Police Department to be destroyed, police said. A police report also noted that Bouquillon had participated in a Drug Takeback Program conducted the day before the accident. Bouquillon denied keeping drugs from that event for her own use. She did not have a prescription for the medications, however, and was charged with five counts of possession of a Class E substance, as well as illegal possession of a firearm (the pepper spray). ...