BEDFORD – A Mitchell man was arrested Tuesday after a Bedford Police officer stopped his vehicle for driving because he was driving with a suspended driver’s license with a prior conviction.
The officer stopped 30-year-old Tyler Sturgill’s vehicle on John Williams Boulevard, just west of Beech Street.
The officer asked permission to search Sturgills’ truck because he appeared nervous.
In the center console in a hidden compartment the officer found a handkerchief with two syringes wrapped inside, two plastic baggies, a cut straw and small metal cap all containing meth residue along with a foil wrapper containing heroin and a baggie containing crystal meth. In another large plastic bag the officer found a syringe, a cut straw and multiple Narcan packages with alcohol swabs.
Sturgill was arrested on charges of possession of heroin, possession of meth, unlawful possession of a syringe, possession of drug paraphernalia and driving while his driver’s license was suspended with a prior conviction.
If you know something, say something. Send an email to drugactivity@lawrencecounty.in.gov or call Lawrence County Prosecutor’s Office tip line at 812-545-4700. All calls are confidential.
