A traffic stop on I-65 early this morning led to a Bartholomew County sheriff’s deputy finding an estimated $10,000 worth of cocaine and other drug-related material in a silver Ford passenger car.
K-9 Deputy Matt Bush was patrolling in the southbound lanes of I-65 near the 72 mile marker at 2:27 a.m. Wednesday when he saw the vehicle with a Michigan license plate, deputies said.
Bush had information that the license plate was connected to an active warrant seeking the driver for conspiracy to commit controlled substance delivery manufacturing cocaine, heroin or narcotics out of Ogemaw County, Michigan, deputies said.
The vehicle was stopped just south of the Columbus exit. Bush identified the driver as Charla Wolf, 27, Monroe Michigan, who was wanted on the warrant, who was then arrested and cuffed, deputies said.
Bush smelled the odor of marijuana coming from inside the vehicle, and as he began to search Wolf, she grabbed Bush’s hand to keep him from completing his search, deputies said. He restrained her and removed a bag of what he believed to be cocaine from her pocket, deputies said.
When the vehicle was searched, Bush found another large bag containing what was believed to be about 100 grams of cocaine, marijuana, about 39 grams of “shrooms” which are hallucinogenic mushrooms, several bags, scales and some controlled substance pills and drug paraphernalia, deputies said.
The street value of the cocaine was estimated at $10,000.
Wolf was arrested on preliminary charges of:
- Felony dealing in cocaine
- Felony dealing in Schedule 1 controlled substance
- Felony battery on an officer
- Misdemeanor possession of marijuana
- Misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance
- Misdemeanor possession of paraphernalia
- Michigan warrant
For more on this story, see Thursday’s Republic.
