A traffic stop for a vehicle with expired license tags resulted in the arrest of a man and woman from Cass County on drug charges. The Daily NonPareil says 32-year old Randi Shafer and 32-year old Jacob Leary, both of Atlantic, were taken into custody at around 12:45-p.m. Sunday, after the car they were in was pulled over by a Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s deputy near the intersection of Highway 6 and 470th Street, near Oakland.
According to the police report, during the course of the stop, officers found 16.1 grams of methamphetamine as well as four syringes, which were classified as drug paraphernalia. Shafer and Leary were arrested on a felony suspicion of possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver, charge, and possession of drug paraphernalia. If convicted on the felony charges, Shafer and Leary face up to 25 years in prison and fines amounting to $50,000.
Jacob Leary
Sunday’s arrest was the third in two months for Leary, who was arrested in Cass County on felony drug charges on Aug. 4th, and burglary and theft charges on Sept. 12th. Before Sunday’s arrest, Leary was scheduled to appear in a Cass County courthouse for a pre-trial hearing on a felony charge of possession of less than five grams a controlled substance (methamphetamines) within 1,000 feet of a park or school. If convicted of the Class C felony, Leary could face up to 10 years in prison. Court records show Leary was released after paying $3,000 of his $30,000 bond.
Randi Shafer
Shafer and Leary were arrested Sept. 12th for breaking into a vehicle and stealing personal items. They were charged with third-degree burglary and fifth-degree theft, according to court documents. Shafer was released from the Cass County Jail on her own recognizance. Leary was released after posting $2,000 of his $10,000 bond.
Both were being held Monday in the Pottawattamie County Jail on $25,000 bond, each.
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