Woman arrested on methamphetamine charges

DOWAGIAC — A Kalamazoo woman is in police custody on suspicions of attempting to sell methamphetamine in Dowagiac last week, according to a release from the Cass County Drug Enforcement Team.

According to officials with the taskforce, detectives were informed Thursday that a person would be coming to the Dowagiac area from Kalamazoo in order to sell methamphetamine. Police later located the vehicle of the suspected drug dealer at a parking lot in the 600 block of North Front Street in the city.

Officers detained the two men inside the vehicle, while a 32-year-old Kalamazoo woman was arrested as soon as she exited a nearby store. Police learned through the store’s surveillance system that the woman had fled to the bathroom after seeing police were at her vehicle prior to her arrest.

Police initially lodged the Kalamazoo woman on charges of conspiracy to deliver methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute an analogous substance and destruction of evidence. One of the passengers, a 47-year-old Allegan man, was arrested on unrelated warrants.

Officers returned to the store the next day after learning the establishment’s toilet was no longer working. Working with crews from the Dowagiac Department of Public Services, officers removed the toilet and examined its contents, and discovered a bag of methamphetamine along with syringes.

After seizing the evidence, police also charged the suspect with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.

Authorities are withholding the woman’s name, pending her arraignment in Cass County court.

Anyone else with information regarding this case or any other criminal activity is asked to call the Cass County Sheriff’s Office Tip Line at 1-800-462-9328, or visit ccso.info.

Sheriff K-9 locates suicidal Union man

UNION — The county K-9 unit tracked down a possibly suicidal Union man Thursday morning, according to the Cass County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies with the department were dispatched to a residence on the 69000 block of Hazel Road in Union at 10:30 a.m. The officers learned after arriving that a 28-year-old man had gotten into an argument with his spouse before taking a large amount of prescription drugs and leaving in an unknown direction.

Officers requested the assistance of the sheriff’s office K-9, Faust, to locate the man. After a short search, Faust located the man lying unresponsive in a large filed.

Deputies administered first aid on the scene before carrying him back the residence. Crews with the Porter Township Ambulance transported him to Elkhart General Hospital for medical attention.

Besides the ambulance service, crews with Medflight from South Bend Memorial Hospital also helped deputies at the scene.

Man arrested for possession of child pornography, drugs

UNION — A Union man is in custody after police discovered methamphetamine and child pornography in his possession last week, according to the Cass County Sheriff’s Office.

Sheriff deputies received information that a 44-year-old man was in possession of drugs and child pornographic material at his home on U.S. Highway 12. Police obtained a search warrant later that day.

Officers uncovered drugs inside the residence, and pornographic pictures that are believed to contain children on one of the suspect’s computers. Police arrested the 44-year-old man afterward on charges of child pornography, possession of methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver and maintaining a drug house.

The sheriff’s office is working with the Cass County Drug Enforcement Team for the case, which  remains open at this time.

Anyone with additional information in regards to this investigation is urged to contact the Cass County Sheriff’s Office at (269) 445-2481 or call the Cass County Tip Line at 1-800-462-9328.