NORTH MANCHESTER,Indiana – MiBash News received a press release from Chief Steve Olsen of the North Manchester Police Department which reads as follows.
On Monday, June 6th, around 12:25 AM, Officer Isaac Adams initiated a traffic stop on a Silver 2001 Monte Carlo, driven by Tristin Burnette, 20, on Front and West Main Street. Other occupants of the vehicle were Heath Andritsch, 21, Alex Martin, 18, and a 16 year old male juvenile. Officer Adams requested Sergeant Nate Birch and his K9 partner, Strider, make to the scene.
Sgt. Birch had K9 Strider do a free air sniff of the exterior of the vehicle. K9 Strider alerted on the vehicle. A search of the vehicle yielded 120 grams of marijuana (unofficial weight), 1 glass smoking device, hash oil, a partially smoked rolled marijuana cigarette, and miscellaneous paraphernalia.
Cigarettes were taken off the juvenile.
Burnette, Andritsch, and Martin were arrested and booked into the Wabash County Jail. The juvenile was cited for possession of tobacco and released to his parents.