FAYETTE CO. TRAFFIC STOP LEADS TO DRUG, WEAPON ARRESTS
(Fayette Co. Jail)
Two Austin men were arrested Friday morning in Fayette County on drug and weapon charges.
Fayette County deputies stopped a Hyundai passenger car on Highway 71 westbound near Zapalac Road, west of Ellinger, for a traffic violation. The vehicle was occupied by two male passengers and a female driver, who admitted to having drug paraphernalia in the vehicle.
After deputies identified the subjects, they found that one of the men had an active warrant out of Pflugerville for Possession of a Controlled Substance.
(Fayette Co. Jail)
The Sheriff’s Office says a search of the vehicle revealed a container believed to be holding heroin and a white substance identified as THC crumble by one of the passengers. Deputies also located a handgun in a bag that one of the men said he found.
27-year-old Ian Michael Gastauer-Hinton and 30-year-old Thomas Elliott Keyser were taken to the Dan R. Beck Justice Center and charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance. Keyser was also charged with Unlawfully Carrying a Weapon.