Traffic Stop Leads to Another Drug Arrest in Chipley

Matt Boster

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Posted by: Matt Boster
Date: Jun 04 2018 2:42 PM

On Sunday Evening, at approximately 10:00 pm an Officer with the Chipley Police Department conducted a traffic stop of Dark colored Satan sedan at the intersection of 4th Street and South Blvd for not having a tag displayed.  The officer made contact with the driver, who was identified as Sebastian Tillery, 25, of Ozark, Alabama.  Upon further investigation it was determined that the driver’s mother had previously removed the tag and proof of insurance from the vehicle.  During the course of the traffic stop the officer requested the assistance of a K-9 unit who arrived on scene and conducted a sniff of the vehicle and subsequently gave an alert for the odor of narcotics.  A search of the vehicle resulted in the location of a pill bottle with no label that contained two types of controlled narcotics (Hydrocodone and Zolpidem) as well as two partially burnt Marijuana cigarettes.  Tillery was placed under arrest and booked on the following charges:

Possession of a Controlled Substance without a prescription (2 counts)

Possession of Marijuana less than 20 grams

Chief Thompson, “encourages anyone with infromation regarding illegal activity to contact the Chipley Police Department at (850)638-6310 or Crime Stoppers at (850)638-TIPS.

 

 

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