On July 30th Captain Bubba Blackwood of the Walnut Ridge Police Drug Interdiction Task Force made a traffic stop on a Blue Mustang that had a stolen license plate, the plate had been stolen from the Terrace Apartments. The officer advised the driver identified as John Stallings of Black Rock to exit the vehicle as the officer conducted his investigation.
The driver was detained and a search of the vehicle and the driver was conducted. During the search of the suspect a pack of cigarettes located in Stallings shirt pocket was found to contain about a gram of Meth, the suspect also had a Meth Pipe wrapped in a cloth in his left pocket.
Stallings was arrested, mirandized and taken to the Lawrence County Jail on Felony Drug Charges. Stallings will have a bond hearing where a bond amount and court date will be set.
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