On Thursday, April 8 at approximately 6:15 a.m., Deputy Scotty Burke was dispatched to US Hwy 377 South and FM 58. This was in reference to a loose livestock report, which turned into an accident report and investigation.
On Thursday, April 8 at approximately 7:46 a,m,, Deputy Scotty Burke was dispatched to FM 45. This was in reference to a reckless driver report and investigation.
On Thursday, April 8 at 12:44 p.m. Deputy Carlyle James Gover made contact with a complainant by phone. This was in reference to fraud. After further investigation a report was made.
On Thursday, April 8 at 1:02 p.m. Deputy Carlyle James Gover was advised by Investigator Sgt. Carlyle Noe Gover that a wanted suspect was in the area. When confronted by deputies the suspect evaded detention, but was then apprehended. The suspect was charged with Possessing Marijuana, Evading Arrest or Detention, Possessing a Controlled Substance PG1, and possessing over 10 personal identifiers of different persons.
A North Liberty man who was stopped on a traffic violation faces drug charges.
According to arrest reports, 60-year-old James Poggenpohl of North Main Street was observed on George Street around 8:30;m Friday. He allegedly failed to stop as he turned east onto Cherry Street, and a traffic stop was initiated.
A K9 officer was requested, and alerted to drugs in the vehicle. Poggenpohl reportedly had two baggies in his hand that contained a white crystalline substance consistent with methamphetamine. Another baggie was found in a pill bottle.
Poggenpohl has two previous drug convictions in 1996; he was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance 3
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BELLINGHAM, Wash. A man in Bellingham died after ingesting counterfeit pills that a co-worker allegedly sold him.
The Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office reports the 28-year-old victim overdosed and was found dead in a work truck in the 100 block of Kelly Road at about 9 p.m. Thursday.
Information linked the case to a recent spike in overdose deaths related to counterfeit pills made with fentanyl.
Deputies determined that the victim was sold a fentanyl-laced counterfeit Percocet pill by a co-worker earlier that afternoon, which he took
32-year-old Derik A. Shooster of Hamilton, Washington was arrested yesterday and booked into the Whatcom County Jail on the investigation of Controlled Substance Homicide.