Woman asleep behind dumpster arrested on drug charges

Police say they found dangerous drugs on a woman they found sleeping behind a dumpster Monday.

Kourtney Burlison, 29, was arrested on suspicion of criminal trespassing and possession of meth, marijuana and drug paraphernalia outside Fry’s Marketplace March 26 at approximately 7:33 a.m.

A Maricopa Police Department report stated the drugs were in “unmeasurable quantities” and were found along with two glass pipes inside Burlison’s sweatshirt pocket. Officers found Burlison after responding to a call for a welfare check on a person sleeping behind a Fry’s dumpster.

Burlison was reportedly trespassed from Fry’s Marketplace Feb. 21 and had two shoplifting citations filed against her in the Maricopa Municipal Court in February and March.

The officer arrested Burlison on the trespassing charge. A subsequent search of Burlison by the officer produced “two glass pipes with burnt residue, one small baggy of green substance later positively tested for marijuana and a small bag with a small clear rock later positively tested for methamphetamine,” according to the report.

After being read her Miranda rights, Burlison reportedly invoked her right to remain silent.

MPD transported Burlison to the Pinal County Jail where she could face a maximum penalty of six years behind bars, if convicted on all charges.