25-year-old Jessica Michelle Serrano-Paz of 12th Avenue S.E. in Hickory was arrested by Hickory Police last Friday (December 16) for felony possession of a schedule II controlled substance (methamphetamine) and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia. She was also charged with failure to appear on a misdemeanor larceny charges and twice failing to appear on another count of misdemeanor larceny.

Serrano-Paz was taken into custody without incident at about 5:20 p.m. Friday at a retail store on Highway 70 S.E. in Hickory. She was placed in the Catawba County Detention Facility with bond set at $5,500, secured. She remained in jail as of this afternoon (December 20). Appearances in District Court were scheduled for January 4 & 9 in Newton.