(La Porte, IN) - Two men riding in the same vehicle searched by La Porte Police have been charged with drug-related counts.

 

Daniel Keeling, 32, and Garrett Butts, 21, are charged in La Porte Circuit Court with possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia.

 

Per the authorities, a police officer monitoring traffic on June 11th spotted a vehicle pulling away from the Conoco Station at about 3 a.m. The vehicle failed to use a turn signal while making a left hand turn onto Tipton Street.

 

The officer began going after the vehicle for the traffic violation, when the driver suddenly pulled to the right side of the road and turned off his headlights.

 

Butts stepped out of the driver’s seat and began walking away, before obeying commands to get back in the vehicle.

 

A glass smoking pipe, seemingly with methamphetamine residue and burn marks inside was recovered from the center console, in addition to a bag containing 1.9 grams of a crystal-like substance that later tested positive for meth, according to court documents.

 

Police noted both Keeling and Butts were charged because neither one of them took responsibility for the contraband.