A traffic stop on a speeding vehicle Friday night in the Carson area, resulting in multiple traffic and criminal citations for the driver. The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office reports 46-year old Michael Iwan Carter was pulled over at around 8:45-p.m., after his vehicle was clocked on radar doing 74 in a 55 mph zone. The vehicle – a 1997 Ford F-250 Supercab pickup – also matched the description of a vehicle broadcast to law enforcement. As the Deputy spoke with Carter, he noticed an odor of marijuana. Carter claimed another person in the pickup had been smoking pot.

Upon a search, several bags of controlled substances along with drug paraphernalia were found, either on Carter or in his vehicle.  Carter was cited for Possession of a Controlled Substance/Marijuana – 1st offense; Possession of Drug Paraphernalia; and PCS – Methamphetamine/1st offense. He was released from the scene with those and other citations.

And, Friday afternoon, Steven James Hallman turned himself-in the the Pott. County Sheriff’s Office. Hallman was wanted on  warrants for Possession of a controlled substance/marijuana – 1st offense, Poss. of Drug Paraphernalia, and OWI/1st offense. He was booked into the Pott. County Jail and turned over to Corrections staff.