A Summerfield woman who had been reported missing has been found and arrested for possession of marijuana.
Deputies began searching for 42-year-old Bonnie Hartley on Tuesday evening, according to a Facebook post from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office. She was camping in the area of Hopkins Prairie just south of Salt Springs. Concerned family members reported that she had not been seen for several days.
The family added that she may have been suffering from a mental health crisis. She left her supplies about a mile from her campsite, possibly leaving without food or water.
Deputies ultimately found Hartley on Wednesday morning at the Halfmoon Lake Boat Ramp just south of the intersection of Northeast 196th Avenue Road and East Highway 40 in Silver Springs, according to an arrest report from the MCSO.
She told them about her travels in the time she had been reported missing, during which a deputy pointed out a white bottle on her person. He asked what was inside, and she stated it was marijuana that she got from a “stranger” while she was traveling through the Ocala National Forest, the report said.
Hartley then showed the contents of the white bottle to the deputy, who recognized it as marijuana. She did not have a medical marijuana card, the report said.
She was arrested on charge of possession of marijuana (less than 20 grams) and booked at Marion County Jail. She was released after posting $1,000 bond.