(La Porte, IN) - A man is behind bars after being caught with drugs while living in a La Porte storage unit.

 

Nicholas Lee, 35, has been charged in La Porte Circuit Court with Level 6 Felony Possession of Methamphetamine and Misdemeanor Criminal Trespassing.

 

Last night, a police officer stopped at the Slicer Storage Units at 215 E. Lincolnway to check in on an ongoing problem regarding subjects living in storage units on the property.

 

Lee was previously given a trespassing warning, but the officer noticed his bicycle outside of the storage units.

 

The officer, noticing an extension cord going underneath a door to one of the units as well as voices from inside, then opened the door to find Lee and a woman sitting in lawn chairs alongside two plastic baggies, each containing a small amount of meth.

 

The La Porte man was arrested, while the woman was released after being given a warning for trespassing.