Will Greenlee

will.greenlee@tcpalm.com

FELLSMERE — Tammy Roseman raised her 16 ounce can of Busch beer and tilted it toward Tom Quinn.

Quinn reported the March 26 gesture by Roseman, 46, was made “as if she was saying hi to a drinking buddy,” an affidavit states. Roseman then sipped from the can.

Problem is, Quinn is a Fellsmere police officer, and he was checking around behind a day care facility in Fellsmere, a small city west of Interstate 95 in Indian River County.

Quinn busted Roseman on an open container charge.

It could be argued that Roseman did not treat Quinn like a drinking buddy on the way to jail because she “screamed profanities” at him the whole way, the affidavit states.

At the jail, investigators found what they suspected was a drug-smoking pipe in her pocket.

Roseman declined to speak about the device, though later said, “Hell, there isn’t even (an improvised filter) in there to smoke crack with but if you gave me some I’d smoke crack from that right now.”

Roseman, listed as homeless, also was arrested on a possession of drug paraphernalia charge.