Women arrested for drugs, prostitution

Amber Bowles, a 25-year-old Bloomington woman, was arrested Saturday for prostitution.

There were two active arrest warrants for Bowles from the Bloomington Police Department. The first included two drug charges. The second warrant was for prostitution, a criminal misdemeanor.

In August, an officer from the BPD went to the Walnut Groves apartment complex on South Walnut Street Pike, responding to a report from a resident of the apartment complex of a suspicious female.

The man who called the police said Bowles had propositioned him for sex acts, asking for money or synthetic marijuana in exchange.

Monroe County court records indicate Bowles was in custody at the time of an initial hearing Aug. 22 for charges of conspiracy to manufacture or deliver methamphetamines, a class B felony, and possession of precursors, or chemicals outlawed because they could be used to manufacture other products, a class D felony. She entered a plea of not guilty and was released on bail Aug. 28.

Bowles failed to appear in court for a pre-trial conference Oct. 15. She was taken back into custody, again entered her not guilty plea and was again granted bail Oct. 28. She was instructed by the court to reside solely at her parents’ house.

Bowles failed to appear in court again Dec. 12.

BPD Sgt. Lucas Tate said police had been unable to locate her.

“She has eluded us,” he said.

A BPD officer found Bowles yesterday while on patrol and arrested her for prostitution at 121 N. Hopewell St.

Bowles also had charges against her of theft, a class D felony. The charges were originally filed June 2012, but the case extended into 2014. Bowles failed to appear in court Jan. 2 for a hearing on these charges as well.

M.K. Wildeman