{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The News Journal","provider_url":"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net","title":"Police: Woman seen talking to utility pole admitted to taking methadone &ndash; The News Journal","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"hlfQ8Hrv90\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/police-woman-seen-talking-utility-pole-admitted-taking-methadone\/\">Police: Woman seen talking to utility pole admitted to taking methadone<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/police-woman-seen-talking-utility-pole-admitted-taking-methadone\/embed\/#?secret=hlfQ8Hrv90\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Police: Woman seen talking to utility pole admitted to taking methadone&#8221; &#8212; The News Journal\" data-secret=\"hlfQ8Hrv90\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Police-teaser.jpg","thumbnail_width":397,"thumbnail_height":265,"description":"Knox County Sheriff\u2019s deputies say a woman found outside a Corbin apartment complex Monday morning, \u201ctalking to a utility pole,\u201d admitted she had taken methadone. Deputy Claude Hudson arrested 42-year-old Cynthia A. Lawson of Pineville outside Schoolhouse Apartments in the Moore Hill area, about 10:15 a.m. on one count of public intoxication \u2013 controlled substance. Hudson wrote in the arrest citation that he was dispatched to the scene in response to a call that an intoxicated female was behind one of the buildings talking to the pole as if it were a real person. Hudson made contact with the female, later identified as Lawson, who reportedly began pointing at several people claiming they were getting away and that he should catch them before they escaped. \u201cThere was no one there, etc.,\u201d Hudson wrote in the arrest citation. Upon further questioning, Hudson stated that Lawson told him she was looking for her son, noting her pants were covered with mud and debris from the wooded area behind the apartments. Hudson said Lawson told him she had gotten off work and stopped by the methadone clinic before coming to the apartments to take a shower. When Hudson spoke with the caller, who identified himself as a maintenance man for the apartments, the man reported seeing Lawson walking around behind the apartments in the rain. \u201cHe (maintenance man) stated he observed her bent down talking to an underground transformer as if it were a real person,\u201d Hudson wrote in the arrest citation. \u201cHe stated once he approached her and asked her what was going on that she looked at him and stated, \u2018You\u2019re not him,\u2019\u201d Hudson stated the maintenance man told him Lawson did not reside at the apartment complex. Citing the danger Lawson posed to herself and others, Hudson said he took her into custody on the intoxication charge. Lawson was lodged in the Knox County Detention Center."}