(La Porte, IN) - A man stopped by La Porte City Police on a bicycle was allegedly found with narcotics.

David Eskridge, 52, has been charged in La Porte Circuit Court with Posession of Methamphetamine, in addition to a smoking pipe.

According to court documents, an officer stopped him for not having rear lights and reflectors on his bicycle while out traveling late at night on Monroe Street. near Maple Avenue on September 21st.

He was previously found with meth and a gun earlier in the year, and  for that reason, he was searched. The officer then allegedly found a cigarette pack containing over three grams of methamphetamine in the pocket of his hooded sweatshirt.

A glass smoking device with burn marks and traces of meth was also seized.