DOUGLAS (WNE) — Amber Lawson (aka Amber Hagen) called the Douglas Police Department on Jan. 25 to report her daughter’s cellphone had been stolen. 

The phone had been taken by a man who has guardianship of the young teen. He told police he took the phone because he found messages on it showing Lawson had been giving marijuana and nicotine to the daughter. 

But after police obtained a search warrant for the phone and read more text messages, they allegedly discovered a series of texts about multiple exchanges of drugs and vape pens, some of which were being “held” by friends of the daughter at school to “keep our story straight” about where the drugs came from, according to the police affidavit. 

Using that evidence, police on Feb. 16 obtained another search warrant for Lawson’s home, where they allegedly found “multiple items of suspected controlled substances and drug paraphernalia throughout the house.” 

Among the drugs seized were baggies containing methamphetamine; four fentanyl pills, 26.76 grams of THC plant materials in various forms, half a Latuda pill and a Vyvanse pill along with three unidentified pills in a safe, and a syringe filled with meth liquid, according to court documents. 

Lawson’s case was bound over to state district court Feb. 28 after the circuit court judge ruled prosecutors had enough evidence to proceed with trial on the six felony charges against her. 

Included in those charges are providing marijuana to a minor under the age of 18 and delivery of drug paraphernalia to a minor.