Chad Taylor, 38, of Ada, was arrested Tuesday, Oct. 1, following a traffic stop executed by deputies from the Logan County Sheriff’s Office in the area of State Route 235 and Township Road 93 in Lakeview.
Deputies on patrol shortly after 4:45 p.m. observed the defendant northbound on S.R. 235 operating a 1999 Chevrolet pickup truck with an audible exhaust leak coming from the vehicle and initiated a stop.
When deputies made contact with Taylor, he appeared visibly nervous and his voice was shaking. Taylor had multiple extraditable warrants out of Hardin County and prior convictions for drugs and paraphernalia.
A consent search of the turned up a small black bag containing a clear glass pipe and white residue that deputies suspect was for smoking methamphetamine. The defendant denied the paraphernalia was his and said it was left in his vehicle by a friend. Taylor told deputies he wanted to throw the pipe away but was worried someone else might get a hold of it.
Taylor was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, and was lodged in the Logan County Jail.