KANSAS CITY — Law enforcement are investigating a suspect on multiple allegations after an arrest at a Kansas City hospital
On Dec. 27, a Saint Luke’s Hospital employee reported seeing who he believed to be an elderly woman stealing from the cafeteria, according to a media release from the Platte County Sheriff.
Deputies responded and detained a woman later identified as 46-year-old Emily Cooper in the cafeteria and she gave them a fake name. When they told her she could not leave because they suspected she had stolen, she said she was going to throw some trash away and instead ran out the emergency department doors.
The deputies caught Cooper and searched her before taking her to the Platte County Detention Center where she remains in custody.
According to court documents, the search uncovered what later tested as methamphetamine stored in a napkin and a plastic baggie. They found more drugs wrapped in a bit of tin foil, which later tested as either methamphetamine or fentanyl.
In total, there were approximately 1.2 grams of drugs in Cooper’s possession, along with a glass smoking pipe. Deputies also recovered a slice of peanut butter cheesecake that she is accused of stealing from the hospital cafeteria.
According to online jail records, Cooper is being held on a $20,000 bond on requested charges of forgery, possession of a controlled substance, resisting arrest, stealing with a value under $150 and Unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia