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Newport, AR 72112

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Dated 4/14/2008

Newport Man arrested for drugs following a traffic stop

Marijuana siezed during traffic stop
Marijuana siezed during traffic stop

ON SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 2008, A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY ANTWAN BARR OF DIAZ WAS
STOPPED BY DEPUTY ALLEN EDWARDS OF THE JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT
AT HARMONY HOMES IN NEWPORT FOR HAVING EXPIRED VEHICLE LICENSE. UPON DEPUTY
EDWARDS MAKING CONTACT WITH MR. BARR, DEPUTY EDWARDS OBSERVED A BAGGIE
CONTAINING SUSPECTED MARIJUANA LYING ON THE PASSENGER SEAT. MR. BARR WAS
THEN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. MR. BARR WAS SEARCHED AND DEPUTY EDWARDS FOUND TWO
(2) MORE BAGGIES CONTAINING MARIJUANA AND ALSO SEARCHED MR. BARR'S VEHICLE
AND DISCOVERED ANOTHER BAGGIE UNDER THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT.
ON MONDAY, APRIL 14, 2008, MR. BARR APPEARED IN NEWPORT DISTRICT COURT ON
THE CHARGES OF POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DELIVER A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE -
MARIJUANA AND POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. HIS BOND WAS SET AT $
15,000.00 AND HE WAS ORDERED TO APPEAR IN JACKSON COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT ON
APRIL 19, 2008.

   
     


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