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A traffic stop at the Bedford Turnpike Interchange on Thursday night ended up with the driver behind bars on drug charges.
According to the affidavit of probable cause, state police were watching traffic exit the Turnpike at the Bedford Township toll booth when a silver Acura's vehicle registration came back as suspended.
Police conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle about 10:18 p.m. and talked with the driver, identified as Angel Lu Diaz Gibson Jr., 33, of Reading. The report states that the officer could smell a strong odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle.
Gibson was asked to step out of the vehicle and in talking with police, said he was on his way to Deep Creek, Maryland, to visit his kids. When asked how much marijuana he had, he said "we only have about a blunt." Gibson was traveling with a female passenger, court documents state.
Police asked Gibson if there were any other narcotics in the vehicle, to which Gibson said there were not. Gibson also consented to a search of the vehicle, court documents state.
During the search, police turned up about a pound of methamphetamine and two ounces of fentanyl.
Gibson was taken into custody and arraigned early Thursday morning before Magisterial District Judge Kevin R. Diehl on two felony charges of possession with intent to deliver, two misdemeanor charges of possession of a controlled substance, misdemeanor charges of possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of small amount of marijuana, and a summary charge of operating a vehicle without insurance.
Unable to post $350,000 bail he was remanded to the Bedford County Correctional Facility. His preliminary hearing is set for July 10 in Bedford County Central Court.