Newark Police have arrested two Alabama residents after an officer on patrol noticed a motor vehicle violation.
Lt. Andrew Rubin said just after 4:10 Saturday morning, a Newark Police Officer was patrolling South College Avenue near West Chestnut Hill Road. The officer observed a vehicle traveling on South College Avenue without a registration plate and conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle.
A traffic stop was initiated and contact was made with the female driver, identified as Margo Yother, 37, of Dadeville, Alabama and the male passenger, identified as Roger Reardon, 32, of Alexander City, Alabama.
While speaking with Yother and Reardon, the officer observed packaged methamphetamine on the floor of the vehicle, according to rubin. Both occupants were taken into custody without incident. During a further search of the vehicle, officers located more than 30 grams of marijuana and 11 grams of methamphetamine. In addition, officers seized an AR-15 rifle, along with two loaded magazines said Rubin.
Both suspects were transported to Newark Police headquarters where they were charged with:
Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony
Possession of a Deadly Weapon by a Person Prohibited
Carrying a Concealed Deadly Weapon
Possession of a Controlled Substance in a Tier 2 Quantity (Methamphetamine)
Possession of Marijuana
Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
Both suspects appeared before Justice of the Peace Court #11 by video. Yother was ordered to be held in default of $96, 401 cash bail. She was turned over to the custody of the Delores J. Baylor Women’s Correctional Institution in New Castle. Reardon was ordered to be held in default of $45,200 cash bail. He was turned over to the custody of the Howard R. Young Correctional Institution in Wilmington.
