Traffic stop leads to arrest on drug charges

Julian White; photo courtesy of Columbus Police Dept.

A local man was arrested on a number of drug charges after a traffic stop Sunday night. Officer Alyson Rech, Columbus Police Department spokeswoman, says that Officer Brandon Decker stopped a vehicle at 11:15 p.m. near Indiana Avenue and Mapleton Street after he noticed that it did not have working tail lights. After Decker stopped the car, he noted that the driver, 25-year-old Julian White, was moving his hands and appeared to concealing something in his lap. When White got out of the vehicle, Decker says he saw four blue pills in the driver seat, along with several pill bottles that did not belong to White. During the stop, Officer Branch Schrader deployed his K-9 partner, Argo, who detected the odor of narcotics coming from the car. A search of the vehicle allegedly resulted in the discovery of a burnt spoon containing methamphetamine, two syringes and several pills that were not prescribed to White.

White was arrested on preliminary charges of:
Possession of a Legend Drug
Possession of Paraphernalia
Possession of Methamphetamine
Possession of a Legend Drug Injection Device
Maintaining a Common Nuisance