Suspicious activity leads to arrest of two in North Vernon

Two Jennings County residents were arrested Wednesday night when North Vernon Police went to investigate suspicious activity when three people went behind a gas station. When officers went to investigate, two of them ran off, but were quickly caught.

One suspect, 26-year-old Nicole A. Stephens, of North Vernon, had an active warrant issued out of Jennings County for failure to appear. She was arrested.

The other suspect, 28-year-old William F. Baugh, of Scipio, allegedly dropped drugs during his escape attempt. Police say they were able to recover 7.5 grams of methamphetamine packaged in separate bags, a bag of prescription pills not in their prescription container and other drug paraphernalia. Authorities add that Baugh was also wanted on a state police warrant.

Baugh is facing preliminary charges of:

– Dealing in Methamphetamine
– Possession of Methamphetamine
– Legend Drug Violation
– Possession of Paraphernalia