Man stopped for tossing whiskey bottle receives sentence for drugs
Photo: Thomas Bert Wheeler Thomas Bert Wheeler of Mountain Home was sentenced to five years in prison on drug charges during a session of Baxter County Circuit Court Monday. An Arkansas State Police trooper stopped the 58-year-old Wheeler in late July last year and methamphetamine and marijuana were both found in the SUV Wheeler was driving. According to the probable cause affidavit, the trooper’s attention was initially drawn to the vehicle when trash came flying out the window. In addition to the illegal drugs, Wheeler admitted there was an open whiskey bottle in the back seat. Smoking pi...
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