A recent traffic stop by the Warsaw Police Department led to the arrest of three individuals.
On December 28, an officer with the Warsaw Police Department pulled over a vehicle driven by 26-year-old Jared Yoder, of Goshen, for not using his turn signal and having a loud exhaust, according to charging documents.
A K9 officer at the scene alerted officers to the presence of a narcotic in the vehicle.
Yoder was searched and officers discovered a plastic bag containing methamphetamine. A Smith and Wesson 9mm semi-automatic handgun and a scale with methamphetamine residue were both located when officers searched the vehicle.
Jared Yoder Booking Photo (Photo supplied/Kosciusko County Jail)
Yoder stated that he had just purchased the meth from Dylan Connor Davis, 21, of Warsaw.
According to court documents, another officer recognized Davis driving a truck nearby. The officer conducted a traffic stop on Davis, who was wanted on a warrant. Davis was driving with a female passenger and Davis’s minor daughter. The same K9 officer performed an exterior free air sniff of the vehicle and alerted officers to the presence of a narcotic in the vehicle.
Three cases of shotgun ammunition, three shotguns and a handgun were tucked into the driver’s door pocket with a loaded magazine. The female passenger admitted to police to delivering narcotics for Davis, specifically heroin.
A search warrant was obtained for Davis’s residence at 640 Deerfield Path, Warsaw. At the home, officers located 14.4 grams of heroin, 6.9 grams of meth, three digital scales, one ledger with names and prices and 1,000 rounds of ammunition. Ten pieces of straw with white powder residue and eight glass smoking devices were also found in the home.
Abigail Cuban, 21, 640 Deerfield Path, Warsaw, also resides at the home and was not present during the search. Cuban was located by officers at her parent’s home, slumped over the steering wheel of her vehicle. When officers woke her up she appeared to be under the influence of drugs.
Police found $453 in cash, 1.9 grams of heroin and less than a gram of meth in Cuban’s vehicle. She admitted to officers that she had been dealing methamphetamine.
Yoder and Davis were booked into the Kosciusko County Jail on December 28. Yoder’s bond was set at $15,250. Davis’s bond was set at $5,600. Cuban was booked into the Kosciusko County Jail on December 29, her bond was set at $5,500.
