(Greenfield, Iowa) – Adair County Sheriff Jeff Vandewater reports two recent arrests.

• 46-year-old Joseph Eric Funke, of Fontanelle, was arrested April 2nd, for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Funke was a passenger in a vehicle that was at a convenience store in Adair. As a Deputy approached to speak with Funke, he could smell the odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle. Funke admitted to smoking a joint earlier. A Probable cause search of the vehicle turned up a small amount of marijuana joints inside of a cigarette box, and a glass pipe with methamphetamine residue. An additional glass pipe with residue consistent with the smoking of meth, was found in the vehicle’s center console. Funke was cited for Possession and released at the scene with a summons to appear in court.
• 40-year-old Dustin Brian Benge, of Greenfield, was arrested April 6th on an Adair County warrant for Tampering with a witness or juror. Benge was also taken into custody for Violation of Probation. He was being held on a combined $8,000 cash-only bond.