(La Porte County, IN) - The amount of prison time a suspected child molester could face climbed even higher when allegedly found with methamphetamine.

 

Ricky Sanders was arrested Thursday night in Hanna.

 

According to court documents, La Porte County responded to Hank’s Truck Stop along U.S. 30 after learning he had a warrant out his arrest on a level 1 felony charge of child molesting from Starke County.

 

Police said officers spotted his 2004 Chevy Malibu at the rear of the parking lot and took Sanders into custody at gunpoint.

 

A plastic bag containing one gram of methamphetamine was allegedly recovered from his vehicle.

 

Sanders, 45, of Warsaw could face anywhere from 20 to 40 years on the child molesting count and up to 30 months on the drug-related charge.