Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Prescott Police Find Drugs In Vehicle

Not having a license plate on a vehicle led to the arrest of a 30-year-old Prescott man.

According to court records, Prescott Police Department officers Larry Miller and Ann Jordan were patrolling in the area of West 3rd Street, when they saw a vehicle without a license plate heading west on Pine.

They stopped the car, finding John Henagan the only occupant. Miller detected the odor of alcohol coming from the car and asked Henagan to get out.

Miller also got permission to search the car and found parts of three plastic bags containing an off-white substance believed to be crack cocaine. He also found a crack pipe, burned on one end in the driver's seat.

Henagan was placed under arrest and taken to the Nevada County jail where his bond was set at $10,000, after being charged with possession of crack cocaine, possession of drug paraphernalia, public intoxication, no proof of insurance and driving on an expired license.

The two drug charges are class C felonies with sentences of three to 10 years in prison and fines up to $10,000. The other charges are all misdemeanors.