Traffic stop ends in two arrests

Two local men were arrested Friday morning on felony drug charges after a traffic stop led to their arrest. Lt. Matt Harris, spokesman for the Columbus Police Department, says that shortly after midnight, a truck occupied by 30-year-old Isaiah A. Perry and 27-year-old Jacob A. Burch, of Columbus, was stopped for a minor violation near 14th Street and Cottage Avenue. While speaking with Perry and Burch, the officer noted that the pair were visibly nervous. A police K9 was requested and later alerted to the odor of narcotics coming from the vehicle.

Harris says that a search of the truck resulted in the discovery of a syringe as well as drug paraphernalia and methamphetamine. Both Perry and Burch were taken into custody and transported to the Bartholomew County Jail. Upon arriving at the jail, the officers and corrections staff reported finding additional drug paraphernalia and methamphetamine that Burch attempted to conceal in his underclothes.

Burch is facing preliminary charges of Obstruction of Justice, Possession of Methamphetamine and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Perry is facing preliminary charges of Possession of a Legend Drug Injection Device, Possession of Methamphetamine and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.