(La Porte, IN) - Police had their hands full arresting a suspected drug user beside the pumps at a La Porte gas station for an extended period.

 

Bernie Wright, 38, was booked into the La Porte County Jail on charges of possession of methamphetamine, resisting law enforcement and disorderly conduct.

 

La Porte Police said an officer after 4 p.m. Wednesday approached Wright at the Conoco station at 104 E. Lincolnway because he was acting fidgety inside a vehicle at the pumps.

 

He was also found with a B.B. gun in his lap.

 

The officer left but returned about 90 minutes later to find Wright still in the same spot and moving rapidly in the vehicle.

 

Police said Wright was ordered out of the vehicle this time and during a verbal tirade and physical struggle placed in handcuffs.

 

With help from a K-9 dog, a small amount of methamphetamine was recovered from the vehicle, police said.

 

Police said Wright suffered abrasions to his forehead and both shoulders after forced to the concrete surface and struggling with officers.