Waterford traffic stop, drugs arrest on Highway 164
Credit: Waterford Police Department
WATERFORD, Wis. - A traffic stop by Town of Waterford police on Thursday, Nov. 3 led to the arrest of a 24-year-old man – and a stash of confiscated drugs.
According to a post on the Waterford Police Department Facebook page, officers stopped a vehicle traveling southbound on Highway 16 at Cornerstone Crossing around midnight. The reason for the traffic stop – a defective exhaust and the registered owner having a suspended driver's license.
Waterford officers also found a backpack inside the vehicle. The contents of the backpack included approximately 350 grams of marijuana, .41 grams of cocaine, and various other controlled substances.
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The following charges are going to be submitted to the Racine County District Attorney's Office:
- Operating while Revoked
- Operating with a Controlled Substance 3rd offense
- Failure to install IID
- Possession of Illegal Prescription
- Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
- Possession with intent to Deliver THC, Possession of Cocaine
- Maintaining a Drug Trafficking Place
- Possession of a Controlled Substance
The 24-year-old man was not able to post his $36,750 bail. He is now housed at the Racine County Jail.