BAY CITY, MI -- Nearly a decade after police say they caught her with a lone prescription pill, a 51-year-old woman has been arraigned on a felony drug offense.

Dawn M. Provencher, 51, on Thursday, July 21, appeared in Bay County District Court for arraignment on one count of possession of controlled substance analogues. The charge is punishable by up to two years in prison.

Authorities had issued a warrant for Provencher in June 2007 and the charge stems from an incident that happened two months before that.

On April 24 of that year, Michigan State Police troopers on patrol spotted Provencher and another woman sitting near the front door of the former Linden Hof restaurant at 201 N. Euclid Ave., by then already closed down. The women were pouring a drink from a paper bag into paper cups, then attempted to conceal the items when troopers approached them, court records show.

Provencher and her companion told the troopers they were staying at the Bay Area Women's Shelter. Asked by the troopers for identification, Provencher began pulling items from her coat pocket, including an oval pill she said was Seroquel, a prescription antipsychotic medication used to treat schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depression.

Provencher told troopers she had her prescription bottle at the Women's Shelter. Police confiscated the drug, which was later tested and proven to contain dihydrocodeinone, a semisynthetic opioid pain medication and a Schedule III controlled substance, court records show.

Back at the Women's Shelter, Provencher was unable to provide troopers with her prescription for the pill, court records show. She was unable to explain why she had the pill.

At her arraignment, Provencher was released on a personal recognizance bond. She is scheduled to appear for a preliminary examination before District Judge Mark E. Janer at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 4.