A city man was taken into custody after a traffic stop led to police discovering drugs and drug paraphernalia in the vehicle.

Troy David Barr, 58, was arraigned Sunday by Magisterial District Judge Kevin Stoltz on single felony counts of possession with intent to deliver and criminal use of a communication facility and single misdemeanor counts of possession of a controlled substance and false identification to a law enforcement officer. He was remanded to the Blair County Prison in lieu of $300,000 bail.

Altoona police were on patrol in the area of Seventh Street and Sixth Avenue about 5:26 a.m. on Sunday when they performed a traffic stop on a blue 2015 Nissan Pathfinder that made an illegal turn. When officers asked the front seat passenger for his identification, he told them he was Joseph Barr. Blair 911 then told officers the name and date of birth provided by the passenger returned a warrant through Altoona police. He was subsequently detained, according to the affidavit of probable cause.

When the passenger exited the vehicle, officers saw that he had been sitting on four plastic zip-top bags containing a white crystal substance consistent in appearance to methamphetamine. A search of the passenger yielded one capped needle, a digital scale, a small zip-top bag containing a white powdery substance, a medium zip-top bag containing mini zip-top bags, an adjustable strap for injecting narcotics and about $298 in cash. About five of the zip-top bags later tested positive for meth, the police report states.

When transported to APD, the passenger told officers his name was actually Troy David Barr, the report states.

In an interview, the driver of the Nissan told officers she had been trying to buy meth from Barr. She messaged Barr on Facebook to arrange a meet up for a “ball” of meth, which Barr agreed to sell to her for $75 and a ride home. After meeting up, the driver said she began driving toward Barr’s residence, but Barr became concerned about the presence of a marked police vehicle behind them. He told the driver to pass his home and said she was to refer to him as “Joe,” according to court documents.

Barr is scheduled for a preliminary hearing in front of Magisterial District Judge Daniel C. DeAntonio on Jan. 21.