Fort Madison, Iowa, man jailed on drug charge after traffic stop in Dallas City

DALLAS CITY, Ill. — A Fort Madison, Iowa, man is in the Hancock County Jail on a drug charge after a traffic stop.

A deputy with the Hancock County Sheriff’s Department conducted a traffic stop on a 2005 blue Chevrolet sedan at 6:15 p.m. March 31 at the intersection of Third and Maple in Dallas City. The driver, Jeremiah D. Gray, 44, was found to have a suspended driver’s license and a warrant for his arrest from Henderson County.

A subsequent search revealed that Gray also was in possession of less than five grams of methamphetamine. He was transported to the Hancock County Jail, where he admitted to ingesting the methamphetamine during the traffic stop to hide it from the deputy.

Gray was transported to Memorial Hospital in Carthage for evaluation, then released back to the jail.