Woman arrested again with lots of pot

PALMER — A traffic stop on a BMW sedan that failed to stop or signal before leaving the parking lot of an Alaska State Troopers post landed the driver in jail after she was allegedly found in possession of marijuana products and in violation of the terms of her release on previous felony drug charges.

Alaska State Troopers with the Bureau of Highway Patrol conducted the traffic stop at 4:35 p.m., July 2. When she was stopped, Adrienne L. Schenfele, 43, of Talkeetna was turning out of the parking lot in front of the Palmer trooper post on Valley Way, which shares a block with the Palmer Police Department and the Mat-Su Pre-Trial Facility, where she was eventually remanded.

Troopers say they found Schenfele was in possession of a gun, $14,954 in cash, and 9.5 pounds of THC-laden consumables in the form of marijuana, brownies, cookies, hashish oil and gel capsules containing hashish for sale.

She was arrested on four counts of misconduct involving a controlled substance and for violating conditions of release.

Schenfele was transported and remanded in Mat-Su Pre-Trial with her bail set at $2,500. As of Thursday afternoon she had made bail and been released.

Schenefele was previous case arrest in April on other marijuana charges. Back then, she allegedly possessed 11 ounces of marijuana “packaged for distribution,” according to an AST report from the time.

After talking to her, troopers searched two properties she owned, one in Talkeetna and the other in Anchorage. In both locations they found growing marijuana. The Anchorage place had 36 plants, $20,000 worth of growing equipment and a half-gallon of hashish oil. The Talkeetna place had 51 plants.

An account of that case contained in the “Blotter” section of the Frontiersman’s sister publication the Anchorage Press, says that Schenfele also had a scale and empty baggies with “1/8” written on them. At the time of her arrest, she told troopers the weed was destined for medical marijuana patients.

“She told the trooper she runs a company, Sugar Green, which makes marijuana butter and delivers marijuana to people with medical marijuana cards. (Alaska State Trooper Sgt. David) Herrell, paraphrasing Schenfele, called Sugar Green customers ‘patients’ in his affidavit, writing, ‘[Schenfele said] she takes the marijuana and makes it into butter to treat her patients (who) are also medical marijuana card holders,” according to the Anchorage Press account, penned by Scott Christiansen.

The Press notes that Sugar Green had earlier in the year posted ads for delivery drivers on the website Alaska List. The company was seeking drivers in areas from Homer to Fairbanks and possibly also in King Salmon and Bethel.

Schenfele has pleaded not guilty to these charges and a tentative trial date is set for September.

Contact Andrew Wellner at 352-2270 or andrew.wellner@frontiersman.com.