According to a Mattoon Police Department press release, Charlene R. Slater, age 33 of Mattoon, was arrested on April 9th at 3:05 p.m. in the 1400 block of Charleston Ave. She was charged with Obstructing Justice and Possession of a Controlled Substance. Those charges allege that Slater provided a police officer with a false name to avoid arrest on an outstanding warrant, and that she was found to be in possession of a prescription medicine without a prescription for the controlled substance. Slater was taken to jail.