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ACSO patrol deputies seize drugs, guns during three weekend traffic stops – Mississippi’s Best Community Newspaper
NATCHEZ — In three totally different visitors stops Friday and Saturday, Adams County Sheriff’s deputies confiscated a haul of unlawful medication, together with high-powered narcotics, and firearms from Natchez metropolis streets and Adams County roadways.
Williams
On Friday afternoon, deputies initiated a visitors cease for a visitors violation on a car touring on Highland Boulevard.
In the course of the cease, deputies situated roughly 100 grams of marijuana, 1-1/2 dosage models of Morphine, 43 milliliters of Promethaazine and digital scales.
The motive force was cited for the visitors violation and the passenger, Xavier Williams, was arrested for possession of schedule I marijuana with intent to distribute, possession of schedule IV Promethazine, and possession of drug paraphernalia.
On Saturday afternoon, deputies stopped a car touring on U.S. 61 North for a visitors violation. In the course of the visitors cease, deputies discovered the motive force, Robert Johns, had an energetic arrest warrant for contempt of circuit court docket in Lawrence County. Johns was positioned below arrest.
Johns
Contained in the car, deputies situated a loaded Hello-Level 9mm pistol, roughly 6 grams of methamphetamine, digital scales, empty baggies, and roughly 4 grams of marijuana.
Johns was arrested for felony contempt of court docket (Lawrence County), possession of schedule II methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of marijuana in a motorcar, and felon in possession of a firearm.
Johns is at the moment on probation with Mississippi Division of Corrections for a previous drug offense.
On Saturday night time, deputies stopped a car on U.S. 84 for a visitors violation. In the course of the visitors cease, deputies situated a small quantity of marijuana on one of many passengers within the car, Joseph Manson. Contained in the car, a loaded Glock 9mm pistol that had an prolonged 30 spherical, loaded journal was present in a again pack. A pc examine revealed that the Glock was stolen from Lengthy Seashore. Deputies additionally situated 90 ecstasy tablets inside a Tylenol bottle, 13 particular person packages containing six ecstasy tablets in every package deal, 4 particular person packages containing 10 ecstasy tablets every all in a gray backpack.
Burnett
In complete, 208 ecstasy tablets have been seized, together with a transparent plastic bag containing 61 grams of a marijuana, 23 particular person packages of marijuana that have been inside a inexperienced Crown Royal bag totaling 164 grams, 11 particular person packages of a marijuana that have been inside an orange Crown Royal bag totaling 124 grams, a black jar containing marijuana, totaling 117 grams, a transparent jar containing suspected THC wax, totaling 30 grams, and an individually wrapped THC edible, totaling 8 grams, a digital scale and an additional journal with 9mm unfired rounds.
Clark
A small black backpack contained a black and clear bag with marijuana totaling 8 grams, a peanut butter package deal containing marijuana, totaling 12 grams, and a grinder containing a marijuana.
All three occupants within the car have been arrested. The motive force, Laurence Burnett, was charged with trafficking schedule I ecstasy, possession of schedule I marijuana with intent to ship, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a stolen firearm.
Manson
Charles Clark, a passenger, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia.
Joseph Manson, a passenger, was charged with possession of schedule I marijuana with intent to ship.
Adams County Sheriff Travis Patten stated he challenged his patrol officers to step up patrol efforts utilizing focused felony apprehension patrol strategies.
“My goodness, they’ve answered the decision,” Patten stated. “Over the past couple of weeks, our patrol officers have made a number of drug arrests, have gotten weapons off the streets and felons off the streets.
“These will not be my specialised models. That is coming from patrol. I’m grateful for the work they’re doing, and I do know the residents see this and are grateful, too,” he stated.
Patten additionally stated this elevated patrol actions comes along with the deputies common work to examine properties and buildings, reply calls and work visitors crashes.
“They’re taking a proactive method to patrol, along with their different duties,” he stated.
The step-up in patrol visitors stops comes partly on account of elevated overdoses and deaths from Fentanyl, which Patten stated, “has hit our space.”
“As a patrolman, these guys and girls are the heartbeat of the sheriff’s workplace. They’re the one which makes contact with residents first and are the primary ones to answer main crimes. They’ve been working arduous, making a number of arrests of individuals domestically and from out of the county and state. I can’t say sufficient concerning the job they’ve been doing,” Patten stated.