Thursday's Internet Edition, September 02, 2010.
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Recent traffic stops resulted in the arrest of four persons after police allegedly found drugs in their vehicles.
The most recent incident began around 12:30 a.m. Sunday, when officers allegedly saw a vehicle driven by a Jackson County man make an illegal U-turn in downtown Spencer.
Patrolman Nathan Harper and Roane Sheriff’s Deputy Mike King followed the car and allegedly saw a passenger start to toss something out the window.
Harper stopped the vehicle and detained the driver because he smelled of alcohol.
After the driver, identified as Jo Snyder, passed a breathalyzer test, Harper arrested the passenger on drug charges.
Joshua David Massey, 30, of Cottageville allegedly had 14 hydrocodone tablets in his hand, and two more in his pocket. Harper said there were also traces of the drug found on a plastic wrapper and a dollar bill in Massey’s possession.
Massey was charged with possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver and possession of drug paraphernalia.
He was arraigned later that day by Roane Magistrate Jason Bennett and released on $10,000 bond while awaiting a preliminary hearing.
In another case, Palma Marie Little, 37, of 89 Straight Creek Rd., Walton was arrested Aug. 12 when police stopped her vehicle on Price Ridge and smelled marijuana.
Little allegedly told police who stopped her Volkswagen convertible for a light on the back of the vehicle that was not working she had just purchased marijuana, according to the complaint filed by Trooper P.S. Fisher of the State Police detachment in Spencer.
The complaint said Fisher spotted one bag of marijuana in the woman’s open purse sitting in her lap. A search of the car produced four more bags of marijuana, 6-1/2 pills identified as amphetamine, metal scales and rolling papers.
Fisher charged Little with two counts of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver. She was lodged in the regional jail and arraigned by Roane Magistrate Russell Goodwin the following day. She was released on $5,000 bond while awaiting a preliminary hearing.
Fisher arrested two Elkview men a few days later while he was on patrol in the Kettle Road area with Roane Sheriff’s deputies King and David Satterfield.
The officers stopped a Ford Probe Aug. 19 for excessive noise and allegedly found 17 grams of marijuana, drug paraphernalia and nearly $2,000 in cash in the car.
The driver, Nathan William Smith, 30, of 1205 Patterson Drive and a passenger, Don Tyler Hicks, 18, of 571 Robinson Hollow, were each charged with possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver and possession of a controlled substance. Smith was also cited for having an improper muffler and driving on a suspended license. Roane Magistrate Jason Bennett later dismissed the license charge.
Bennett arraigned both men and set bond at $18,000 for Smith and $17,500 for Hicks. Each is free on bond while awaiting preliminary hearings.
