Jasper Police traffic stop nets arrest of man with active warrants, confiscation of meth, paraphernalia

(From the Jasper Police Department)

Possession Of Controlled Substance Arrest

On Thursday, December 20, 2018 at 1230 hours, a Jasper officer initiated a traffic stop near the intersection of Main and Bel Air St. on a maroon Ford Mustang.

Contact was made with Mark Peterson who had an active warrant.

A search of Peterson’s person and pockets yielded a plastic baggy with a white powder substance suspected to be methamphetamine and a plastic straw used for snorting narcotics was found in the vehicle.

Note:  Peterson is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.