On Wednesday, June 14, Detective Sergeant Jonathan Bryant with the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department conducted a traffic stop near the intersection of Lincolnway and Jefferson Street at about 7:30 a.m.
The driver of the vehicle, 38-year-old Johnathan Nifong, was found to have a suspended driver’s license and was operating a vehicle with a false and fictitious registration. Officers also located suspected methamphetamine and paraphernalia in the vehicle.
Johnathan Nifong was subsequently arrested and booked into the Marshall County Jail with Criminal Charges of Possession of Methamphetamine and Driving While Suspended with a prior. He was held on a $1,500 cash bond.
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