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COTTONWOOD POLICE ARRESTED TWO PEOPLE WHO ALLEGELDY WERE IN POSSESSION OF MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND FENTANYL PILLS. ACCORDING TO COTTONWOOD POLICE, OFFICERS CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF MAIN STREET AND HIGHWAY 260 JUST AFTER 9:30 P.M. MONDAY. OFFICERS SEARCHED THE CAR AND DISCOVERED 1,035 FENTANYL PILLS, ALONG WITH SEVEN GRAMS OF FENTANYL POWDER AND 15 GRAMS OF METH. A HANDGUN WAS ALSO FOUND DURING THE SEARCH. 

THE DRIVER, 25-YEAR-OLD RYAN EPPERSON, WAS ARRESTED ON NUMEROUS DRUG AND WEAPONS CHARGES. HIS PASSENGER, 47-YEAR-OLD DEANNA EPPERSON-FLEMING, A FORMER STATE CORRECTIONS OFFICER, WAS ALSO ARRESTED ON SEVERAL DRUG AND WEAPONS CHARGES.