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Traffic Stop Turns into Heroin Bust

(La Porte County, IN) - A La Porte man was allegedly found with heroin during a traffic stop. Ryan Oberholtzer, 37, is charged in La Porte Circuit Court with Level 6 Felony Possession of a Narcotic Drug.

 

According to court documents, a La Porte County Police officer on September 19 stopped a vehicle for speeding on Indiana 2 just east of the city limits.

 

Oberholtzer was a passenger in the vehicle driven by a woman who explained, “she was running late to pick up her son from school.”

 

The officer became suspicious of a plastic baggie he spotted between the feet of Oberholtzer, who was in the front passenger seat.

 

According to court documents, his police dog, “Bosco,” was brought out and detected an odor of narcotics in the vehicle. During the search, 0.8 grams of heroin inside a red metal container was removed from a backpack on the passenger side floorboard.

 

A glass pipe with burn marks on the bottom was also allegedly recovered from the backpack. In addition, two other glass pipes with burn marks on the bottom were found underneath the driver’s seat.

 

The driver was allowed to go after being given a warning about her speed and her tinted windows being too dark, police said. 

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