While acting on a tip about possible drug activity at 317 W. 11th Ave., Bowling Green Police Department officers knocked on the door and asked the resident who answered for permission to search the home, according to police records.

The resident consented to the search, and officers during that search found a small white pill in the top left drawer of a chest underneath a pile of men’s clothing in a rear left bedroom. The white pill was labeled “WATSON 853,” which officers identified at hydrocodone.

The woman said the bedroom was her’s but she has been sharing it with a Jerry Szpyrka, 31, who claimed ownership of the pill, records show. Szpyrka told police he bought the pill from an anonymous seller on the street, records show.

He was charged with first-degree possession of a controlled substance and lodged in Warren County Regional Jail, where hours later he posted a $2,500 bond and was released pending a Friday court appearance in Warren District Court, according to online jail records.