A Starke County traffic stop resulted in multiple charges in a drug arrest.
Just before 2 a.m. Monday, deputies with the Starke County Sheriff’s Office conducted a traffic stop in the 3500 South Block of 700 East. K9 Mack was deployed for a free air sniff. Mack positively alerted to the presence of narcotics in the vehicle. A vehicle search was conducted.
Deputies located approximately 13.64 grams of a gray substance. This later field tested positive for heroin with fentanyl. Deputies located approximately 6.15 grams of a yellow / off-white substance that later field tested positive for cocaine. They also located 1.94 grams of a clear/white crystal/rock-like substance that later field tested positive for methamphetamine.
43.24 grams of marijuana was also found along with numerous plastic bags, a scale, syringes, a glass pipe, Xanax, and a prescription bottle of methandone (prescribed to someone else), and other paraphernalia items were located.
Jordy Risner, 37, of Knox, was taken into custody and preliminarily charged with:
Two counts of dealing narcotic drug, Level 2 felony
Dealing methamphetamine, Level 3 felony
Possession of narcotic drug, Level 3 felony
Poss of narcotic drug level, Level 4 felony
Possession of methamphetamine, Level 5 felony
Two counts of Possession of controlled substance schedule, Level 6 felony
Possession of Paraphernalia, C misdemeanor
Possession of marijuana, B misdemeanor
Bond was set at $10,000 cash.