02/15/2013

William White arrested on drug and weapon charges.

On February 15, 2013 at 9:50 P.M. the Howard County Sheriff’s Deputies Joey Davis and Travis Turner were conducting a safety check point at Buck Range and Unity Road.  A vehicle approached the check point from the east.  The driver of the vehicle was identified as William White who did not have valid driver’s license.  Deputies learned that William White had felony convictions.  Deputies observed a 22 caliber rifle inside the vehicle.  Deputies asked William White to step out of the vehicle.  Deputies checked William for other weapons and noticed two small baggies with a white substance inside fall out of William’s right pants leg.  Deputies asked William what was in the baggies and he stated that it was Methamphetamine and Cocaine.  William White, w/m, dob-3/18/1965 of 1825 Hwy. 371 W. Nashville, Ar. was arrested for Possession of a Controlled Substance—Methamphetamine and Cocaine, and Possession of Firearm by Certain Persons.  No bond has been set at this time.


Sheriff Butch Morris