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CORDIAL |
BURNEY |
A Hilliard man and a Marysville woman were arrested on weapons and drug charges after a 1 a.m. traffic stop Tuesday.
Derrick W. Cordial, 25, was lodged in the Logan County Jail on charges of carrying a concealed weapon, improper handling of firearms in a motor vehicle and possession charges for methamphetamine, marijuana, LSD, drug paraphernalia and marijuana drug paraphernalia.
Brittany D. Burney, 18, was arrested on possession charges for methamphetamine, marijuana, LSD, drug paraphernalia and marijuana drug paraphernalia.
An officer of the Bellefontaine Police Department on patrol observed a black sport utility vehicle drive through a maintenance area of Mary Rutan Park which is posted with signs prohibiting through traffic.
He stopped the vehicle at High and Brown avenues. Upon reaching the vehicle, the officer detected an odor of marijuana and observed a large sheathed knife in a front seat back pocket.
Burney and Cordial both declined to allow a consensual search of the SUV. A second officer arrived and he, too, detected an odor of marijuana.
The defendants and two rear seat passengers were removed one at a time from the vehicle. Cordial admitted to having a handgun tucked into the waistband of his pants. Officers took control of the handgun and secured it.
Both defendants acknowledged drugs were in the vehicle. Burney told officers “Everything that you find in the car will be mine.”
Marijuana and paraphernalia for preparing and smoking it were found in the vehicle along with a book bag containing more paraphernalia, LSD and methamphetamine and another magazine for the handgun found on Cordial.
Burney’s purse also was searched and more paraphernalia, LSD and methamphetamine were seized by police.
The amount of LSD found reach a bulk amount, officers report.
The passengers were released without charges.
Both Burney and Cordial were lodged in the Logan County Jail.
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PRICE |
• Taylor Price, 20, of 547 E. Columbus Ave., Apt. 18, was charged with obstructing official business and cited for driving under suspension after a 5:40 p.m. traffic stop Tuesday. Her passenger, Jakob Ford, 23, of 747 County Road 5, Zanesfield, was arrested on a warrant for possession of drug paraphernalia.
Price was observed in the area of Brown Avenue and Main Street operating a car.
She tried to avoid the officer and was stopped in a private drive in the 100 block of west High Avenue. She exited the car, lifted the front hood and told the officer she was checking the oil. She also claimed he could do nothing to her as she had removed the keys from the ignition.
The officer ordered her to his cruiser and she refused to go before trying to walk off.
Price was taken into custody.
Ford was served the warrant and lodged in the jail. Price also was lodged.
• Seth M. Noe, 20, of 450 Kristina Drive, Apt. 10E, and Taylor K. Shaw, 20, of 430 W. Chillicothe Ave., each was charged with possession of marijuana after a 12:50 a.m. traffic stop Sunday on Wright Street near Kent Drive.
Noe was cited for expired registration and no operator’s license.
Two small bags of marijuana were turned over to police by the suspects. No other contraband was found in the vehicle.
Motorist charged with OVI
Bobbie J. Zirkle, 47, of Kenton, was charged Monday with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs and cited for having an open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle.
Officers responded to a witness report of an erratic motorist in a sport utility vehicle on north Main Street around 10:20 p.m.
Zirkle was observed leaving Village Pantry, 1138 N. Main St., with a six-pack of beer and an officer confronted her at the vehicle. He observed an open bottle of beer in the center console and that the motorist was unsteady on her feet, had an odor of alcohol about her and bloodshot eyes.
Field sobriety tests indicated she was impaired by alcohol and she submitted a breathalyzer sample of 0.131.
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