A 39-year-old St. Joseph woman charged with trying to pass a fraudulent prescription for narcotics failed to show up in court Thursday. Judge Daniel Kellogg asked the attorneys in the case if they had tried to call the telephone number on her blog.

After attempts to contact Melissa Bowman failed, Judge Kellogg issued a warrant for her arrest. Bowman was free on her own recognizance, but Judge Kellogg revoked the OR bond and set bond at $25,000.

Bowman is charged with one class-d felony count of fraudulently attempting to obtain a controlled substance. A court affidavit accused Bowman of going to a local pharmacy last October and trying to pass a stolen, forged narcotic prescription for the drug Percocet.