POLICE MAKE TWO POSSESSION ARRESTS
(Washington Co. Jail)
Two people face charges after their unrelated arrests Tuesday for drug possession.
Tuesday afternoon around 12:30 p.m., Officer Terrence Johnson conducted a traffic stop in the 2400 block of South Day St.
During the stop, the driver agreed to a search, which turned up promethazine.
The driver was released to the care of EMS for medical reasons, while a passenger, 23-year old Micah Arthus Zech of Brenam was arrested and charged with possession of a dangerous drug.
(UPDATE 5-16-2022: District Attorney Julie Renken reports that all charges were dropped in the following case in 2016.)
Tuesday morning, around 8:30, Officer Jonathan Phipps conducted a traffic stop in the 2100 block of Highway 290 West.
During the course of the stop, the driver consented to a search.
Inside a makeup bag, Phipps located methamphetamines. A passenger, 23-year old Kaylie Jordan Coates of Houston, claimed the bag as hers but said the drugs belonged to someone else.
Coates has been charged with Possession of a controlled substance.
More to this story than meets the eye……follow the case and see if it gets dismissed. Why doesn’t KWHI ever issue follow up reports?