Traffic Stop Leads To Couple’s ArrestA recent traffic stop led to the arrest of a Warsaw couple on drug and gun charges.
Stacy Ann Holbrook, 43, of 920 Anchorage Road, lot 11, Warsaw, was booked into the Kosciusko County Jail at 9:52 p.m. March 23 for possession of methamphetamine, possession of paraphernalia and manufacturing/dealing methamphetamine; and carrying a handgun without a license, a level 5 felony. Her bond was set at $15,000 surety and $250 cash.
Court documents filed Friday list the charges against her as dealing in methamphetamine with enhancing circumstances, a level 2 felony; possession of methamphetamine with enhancing circumstances, a level 4 felony; and carrying a handgun without a license, a Class A misdemeanor.
Mark Allen Holbrook II, 41, same address, was booked into the jail at 12:06 a.m. March 24 for felony possession/manufacture/transport of a weapon, possession of paraphernalia, possession of methamphetamine and possession of marijuana/hash oil/hashish. His bond was set at $15,000 surety and $250 cash.
Court documents filed Friday list the charges against him as dealing in methamphetamine with enhancing circumstances, a level 2 felony; possession of methamphetamine with enhancing circumstances, a level 4 felony; and possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon, a level 4 felony.
On March 23, Winona Lake Police Department officer Riley Arvanitis saw a white Dodge Ram with a loud exhaust that drove left of center on Anchorage Road near Ind. 15. He conducted a traffic stop and identified Mark as the driver and Stacy as the passenger. Mark admitted his Indiana driver’s license was suspended.
Stacy provided her driver’s license, but when she opened the glove compartment to get the vehicle registration, Arvanitis saw what appeared to be a drug-related item. He requested that Stacy remove the item from the glove compartment and place it on the console. Mark gave the item to Arvanitis, which he identified as a glass smoking device containing methamphetamine residue.
Arvanitis also could smell marijuana in the vehicle.
Officers removed Stacy from the vehicle and in her pocket they found a glass smoking device also containing methamphetamine residue.
Officers searched the vehicle and found a glass dish that contained methamphetamine, according to court documents. In the center armrest officers found a plastic bag containing marijuana.
Officers also found $3,308 in U.S. currency. In the passenger door, they found a plastic bag containing 7.5 grams of methamphetamine.
A Ruger 380 handgun was found behind the passenger seat. Neither Mark or Stacy has a license to carry a handgun.
In searching Mark, officers found 0.9 grams of methamphetamine in a vial in his wallet.
Mark was convicted of dealing in methamphetamine, a Class B felony, on Dec. 22, 2010, in Kosciusko County Circuit Court; convicted of battery resulting in serious bodily injury and criminal gang activity on Nov. 1, 2016, in Circuit Court; and has a pending dealing in methamphetamine criminal case in Circuit Court. He also has a pending criminal case of possession of methamphetamine in Circuit Court.
Stacy was convicted of possession of chemical reagents or precursors with intent to manufacture a controlled substance, a level 6 felony, on May 24, 2016, in Circuit Court. She was convicted of possession of methamphetamine, a level 6 felony, on March 6, 2018, in Circuit Court.
Stacy and Mark have initial hearings scheduled for 8:15 a.m. April 11 in Kosciusko County Circuit Court.
