Woman found slumped in Jaguar at Ayer Dunkin’ arrested for OUI–drugs, possessing morphine, crack, dozens of pills

AYER — On Wednesday, July 2, 2025, at approximately 8:45 a.m., Officer Jared Splaine of the Ayer Police Department was dispatched to the Dunkin’ on Park Street following a report of a female party who was asleep in her car after behaving strangely in the establishment.

(The account and quotations in this article were sourced from the printed Statement of Facts of Officer Jared Splaine and do not reflect any political perspective or personal opinion of News Link Live, which is strictly a business entity.)

According to Officer Splaine, the car the woman was in was reported to be a Jaguar.

“My body-worn camera was active for the duration of this incident,” Officer Splaine said. “Upon my arrival, I observed a black Jaguar F-type parked in front of the building, which I parked behind. Upon my approach, I observed a white female party in the driver’s seat of the vehicle, which I could tell was running by the engine noise. The Dunkin Donuts was open during the time of this incident and serving customers. The female party was slumped forward, slightly rocking back and forth. I knocked on the vehicle’s window to wake the female party, later identified as Marjorie Myers.”

According to police, Marjorie Amy Myers, 36, is a resident of Horse Pond Road in Shirley, MA.

“Marjorie woke up and looked in my direction with a dazed look on her face,” Officer Splaine said. “Marjorie opened the door of the vehicle to speak with me.”

At this time, Officer Alexia Surprenant arrived on scene.

“While questioning Marjorie, I noticed her speech was slurred and her eyes were glassy. I noted no odor of alcohol beverage,” Officer Splaine said. “Marjorie gave irrelevant or improbable answers to a number of questions. I suspected that Marjorie was under the influence of drugs. When asked if she had taken any drugs, Marjorie denied taking any medications today, but stated that she takes Xanax and Klonopin for anxiety and ‘pain meds’ for her knee.”

When asked for her license, Myers handed Officer Suprenant a Massachusetts ID.

“Marjorie stated to Officer Surprenant that she had driven the car to Dunkin’ from Shirley,” Officer Splaine said. “A query of the ID showed that Marjorie had a suspended MA [Massachusetts] driver’s license due to an immediate threat. A query of Majorie’s BOP [Board of Probation Record] showed an open OUI-drugs charge, and a recent prescription drug possession charge.”

Officer Splaine said that Officer Surprenant observed a pill organizer in plain view inside of Myers’ handbag on the passenger seat.

“Marjorie retrieved the pill organizer and showed it to me,” Officer Splaine said. “The pills were organized by type, not by day. I noticed a large number of orange tablets filling two different slots in the pill organizer.”

Officer Splaine said that, at this time, dispatch contacted him and requested a phone call.

“Dispatcher Mark Lebel relayed that Devens had called our station yesterday to report that a named witness, who identified Marjorie by name, had ingested morphine orally in the parking lot of the Hilton Garden Inn, then drove off with a suspended license,” Officer Splaine said. “The plate given by that caller matched the plate of the vehicle Marjorie was currently operating. At this time, probable cause was established that Marjorie had operated a motor vehicle on a public way while her license was suspended. Probable cause was also established that Marjorie had operated a motor vehicle upon a public way and in a place to which the public has a right of access while under the influence of drugs.”

Officer Splaine said he ordered Myers out of the vehicle and she complied.

“Marjorie’s earlier claim of a knee injury was apparent as she exited the vehicle with great difficulty. Due to Majorie’s condition, I quickly concluded that field sobriety evaluations would be unsafe to conduct. I then placed Marjorie under arrest,” Officer Splaine explained. “Marjorie was handcuffed with two pairs of cuffs (double-locked), checked for proper fitment, and searched by Officer Surprenant. Marjorie then stated that she had defecated herself. Marjorie was placed in the rear of cruiser #35 for transport. Before departing the scene, Marjorie requested that her handbag be brought to the station.”

Officer Suprenant said he then contacted dispatch and requested a K9 respond to the scene.

“No K9’s were available from Littleton, Pepperell, or Groton. I also requested Sergeant Buwolick from Boxboro PD to respond as a DRE [Drug Recognition Expert], but he was also unavailable,” Officer Splaine said. “Based on the totality of the circumstances; my observations of Majorie’s behavior, the presence of a variety of pills divided by type in a pill organizer, Majorie’s history of drug use, and recent reports of drug activity in this vehicle, I concluded that probable cause existed to search the vehicle for the presence of narcotics.”

Officer Splaine said he notified dispatch that he was about to conduct a probable cause search of the vehicle.

“During the search, I located a jar containing an empty corner baggy and white powder, a Bic pen body containing a white powdery residue, a bottle of morphine in a plastic bag, and numerous loose pills inside Marjorie’s handbag,” Officer Splaine said. “I seized the entire handbag to be cataloged at the station. I then contacted dispatch and requested a tow. CBK [Towing & Recovery] responded and took possession of the vehicle.”

When Officer Splaine returned to the station, he conducted what he said was a thorough search of Myers’ handbag.

“Since Marjorie had requested the entire handbag because it contained her phone, all contents were inventoried so as to enter it into her property,” Officer Splaine added.

Inside the bag, Officer Splaine located the following:

• One crack rock in a blood glucose test strip bottle
• Three straws/tubes with white powder residue inside
• One plastic blue screw top container with white powder residue inside
• Loose clonazepam and oxycodone tablets in a metal cylindrical keychain container
• One 30ml bottle of oral morphine with oral injector with 16ml remaining
• Loose gabapentin pills
• A prescription bottle of Gabapentin 800mg, prescribed to Myers, also containing 215mg and 180mg capsules of the same
• One prescription bottle of Tizanidine prescribed to Myers
• One prescription bottle of Alprazolam prescribed to Myers
• One pill organizer containing dextroamphetamine tablets, Zyrtec tablets, and Tizanidine

“The crack rock was weighed using a department scale and weighed three grams. The crack was tested with a Sirchie NARK II field kit, which showed positive for cocaine base (crack). The white powder residue in the metal container and blue plastic container also tested positive for crack,” Officer Splaine said. “The metal container held five oxycodone tablets and five clonazepam tablets. The Alprazolam bottle contained 16 green round tablets and two white round tablets identified as Clonazepam, which is different from what is listed on the bottle. A portion of one dextroamphetamine tablet was tested for methamphetamine with negative results. Pills were identified based on their markings using the Drugs.com pill identifier tool. All drugs corresponding to a charge were entered into evidence and placed in locker 15.”

Myers was charged with the following:

1. Possess Class A Drug (morphine)
2. Possess Class B Drug (crack cocaine)
3. Possess Class B Drug (oxycodone)
4. Possess Class B Drug (dextroamphetamine)
5. Possess Class E Drug (clonazepam)
6. Possess Class E Drug (gabapentin)
7. Operating Motor Vehicle with License Suspended
8. OUI—Drugs

Myers was arraigned in Ayer District Court on July 2, 2025. Following her arraignment, she was released on personal recognizance. During a pretrial hearing on Aug. 1, 2025, Judge Laurie MacLeod dismissed the following charges against Myers:

1. Possess Class A Drug
2. Possess Class B Drug
3. Possess Class B Drug
4. Possess Class B Drug
5. Possess Class E Drug
6. Possess Class E Drug

The OUI–Drugs charge against Myers was marked nolle prosequi, meaning the prosecution chose not to pursue the case further. Unlike a dismissal ordered by the court, this is a voluntary decision by the prosecutor and does not necessarily prevent the charge from being refiled in the future.

For operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license, the defendant admitted to sufficient facts, and Judge Tejal Mehta continued the case without a finding for one year—until July 31, 2026—under administrative supervision, with the condition of not driving without a valid license.

Disclaimer: If you are wondering why the incident in this story took place in July, that’s because I had to file FOIA request(s) to obtain the court documents. FOIAs are time-consuming.

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