A traffic stop on
Wednesday on U.S. Highway 20 resulted in the confiscation of a variety of
illegal drugs, a stolen handgun, and the arrest of three people on multiple
charges, the Porter Police Department is reporting.
According to
police, at 7:59 p.m. Joseph Lee Shively, 37, of South Bend, was stopped in
the area of U.S. 20 and Mineral Springs Road for straddling the dotted white
line separating lanes. On making contact with Shively, the officer observed
a “green leafy substance” which he identified as marijuana on the thigh of
Shively’s trousers, police said.
In a subsequent
search of the vehicle and its three occupants--conducted with the assistance
of Burns Harbor Police officers--the following were recovered, police said:
three bags containing heroin, methamphetamine, and Xanax found on the person
of the backseat passenger, Larry Eugene Reust Jr., 36, of Huntington, Ind.;
$1,055 in currency, also found on Reust; “evidence of drug use, such as used
foil, Chore-Boy, and baggies with residue strewn about the interior”; two
sandwich bags containing 12.6 grams of marijuana; a roll of new mini-Ziplock
bags; a scale; rolling papers and a “small mirror with white powdery
residue”; and a Ruger LCP .38 Special revolver reported stolen out of
Huntington County, Ind.
None of the three
occupants admitted ownership of the handgun or the marijuana and
paraphernalia, police said.
Shively, Reust, and
front-seat passenger Nicole Renee Vorhees, 35, of Huntington, were all
charged with dealing marijuana; possession of marijuana; theft of a firearm;
carrying a handgun without a permit; and possession of paraphernalia.
Reust was also
charged with possession of a controlled substance; possession of a narcotic
drug; and visiting a common nuisance.
In addition,
Shively was charged with maintaining a common nuisance; and Vorhees with
visiting a common nuisance.
Shively, Reust, and
Vorhees were transported to Porter County Jail.