JAMESTOWN, NY — A traffic stop led to drug charges for a motorist wanted on an outstanding warrant.
Officers conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle in the area of King Street and English Street at around 4:52 p.m. on Oct. 24 for observed traffic infractions.
Officers made contact with the operator, identified as Jarred T. Ristau.
Through investigation, it was found that Ristau had an outstanding warrant out of the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office.
Ristau was taken into custody without incident on the outstanding warrant.
A search of Ristau’s person incident to arrest revealed he possessed a quantity of methamphetamine.
Officers conducted a search of the vehicle and located additional quantities of methamphetamine and fentanyl inside the vehicle.
Ristau was booked in the Jamestown City Jail on two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree and issued an appearance ticket to appear in Jamestown City Court at a later date.
Ristau was released to the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office to answer to his outstanding warrant.
