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A Utah woman who is a suspect in a fatal hit-and-run is also being sought by authorities for failing to appear in court in a drug-possession case.

Mika Lindquist, 31, was charged with one count of third degree felony drug possession and one class C misdemeanor count of failing to register a vehicle in March. Court records show she was scheduled for a preliminary hearing on Sept. 28 — four days after the Midvale auto incident — in Salt Lake City's 3rd District Court, but she missed the hearing.

Judge Ann Boyden issued a $25,000 warrant for Lindquist's arrest the same day, the records show.

Charging documents in the drug case say Lindquist was stopped on March 2 by a Unified Police officer while driving her car, which had an expired license plate. She initially consented to a search of the car, but then she stopped the officer, who impounded the vehicle. An inventory of the vehicle's contents turned up a plastic bag that contained a crystal-like substance that tested positive for methamphetamine, court papers say.

The hit and run occurred on Sept. 24. Ronald Charles Renfro, 56, was struck as he crossed 7200 South near 35 West, and later died at a hospital.

After police sought the public's help in identifying the driver of the white SUV which hit the man, Lindquist turned herself in to authorities last week.

Unified Police have said Lindquist was "cooperating" with the investigation of the crash, but she had not been arrested or charged in connection with the incident as of Monday night.

On Thursday, a state judge imposed a $3,409 judgment against Lindquist as part of a dispute with the Utah Department of Workforce Services, court records show.

Additional records show state attorneys have filed a forfeiture petition against Lindquist and a man related to the seizure of more than $2,800 in cash that was found inside a rental car during a Sept. 3 traffic stop in Salt Lake County. Court papers say police also found drug paraphernalia inside the car, including a glass pipe and a digital scale, and that the money may have been used to buy drugs or be the proceeds of drug sales.

Lindquist's criminal history dates back to 2011, when she was charged in Salt Lake County Justice Court with misdemeanor counts of driving under the influence and negligent collision. She resolved the case by entering a guilty plea in abeyance to the negligent collision charge. The case was dismissed a year later.

This year, she was charged in two shoplifting cases, as well as a handful of traffic violations, court records show.