BROWNSVILLE (04/05/24) – An Edmonson County woman was arrested after she nearly hit a deputy with her vehicle late last week. The Sheriff’s Office there said Chief Deputy Tim Jackson was patrolling Friday when a vehicle driven by 48-year-old Ponda Bennett of Brownsville nearly hit Jackson’s vehicle along Wingfield Church Road. Jackson fled from the deputy but stopped later in a driveway where she was taken into custody after she tried to flee from the deputy for a second time on foot. Authorities found meth, scales and drug paraphernalia in the vehicle. Bennett was lodged in the Hart County Detention Center on charges of trafficking, possession, wanton endangerment and evidence tampering among others.
