News Release

For further information please contact: Sergeant Dale H. Moreland
(573) 840-9500
013111
January 31, 2008

EMPHASIS: Traffic Stop On I-55 Results In Drug Arrest




On January 26, 2007, at approximately 9:45 p.m. a member of the Missouri State Highway Patrol stopped a 1996 GMC Jimmy traveling south on Interstate 55 in New Madrid County for a traffic violation.
The driver Lawrence T. McIntyre, 54, of Jamestown, Indiana, was stopped for a traffic violation. During the course of the traffic stop, permission to search was requested and refused. A Patrol K-9 responded to the scene and gave a positive indication for drugs in the vehicle. A subsequent search revealed two vacuum-sealed bags of marijuana. Lawrence T. McIntyre and Marvin V.Coffman, 56, of Jamestown, Indiana, a passenger, were arrested for possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute and taken to the New Madrid County Jail.
The charges for which Lawrence T. McIntyre and Marvin V.Coffman were arrested are mere accusation and not evidence of guilt. Evidence in support of the charges must be presented before a court of competent jurisdiction whose duty is to determine guilt or innocence.



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