COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – Michigan State Police troopers took one person into custody and charges maybe filed against a second person after they discovered drugs and various weapons in a vehicle that they stopped early Monday morning in the City of Coldwater.
Trooper say they were on routine patrol just before 1:00 a.m. when they tried to pull over a vehicle for an equipment violation on Morse Street near State Street.
The vehicle failed to stop after the State Police emergency lights and siren were activated.
Given the reason for the traffic stop, troopers broke off the slow-moving vehicle pursuit after several blocks and then watched the vehicle pull over and park in a nearby parking lot.
The troopers re-instated the traffic stop, enacted a “felony stop,” and contacted the occupants inside.
The driver was reported to be a 56-year-old man from Three Rivers who had a valid felony warrant for his arrest for dangerous drugs and is an alleged convicted felon.
The passenger was a 47-year-old woman from Coldwater.
The vehicle was a 2003 Chevy Impala which was not registered or insured to either the driver or passenger.
State Police say they found alleged methamphetamines, a 9mm pistol, ammunition for the pistol, metallic knuckles, a stun gun, and alleged Xanax pills with no known prescription after they searched the two suspects and the vehicle.
They report the pistol was not registered to either occupant and neither one had a valid permit or license for the weapon or the stun gun.
The driver was lodged at the Branch County jail on numerous felony charges and the warrant. Possible felony charges are being examined for the female passenger who was eventually released at the scene.
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