SALINE CO.— When it comes to dopers, especially those who are stupid enough to shoot the stuff into their veins, its difficult to tell if they are becoming more honest or just dumber.
On March 11 deputies Mike Gooch and Chuck Welge spotted Robert Lee Snyder, Jr., 41, of 104 Main St., Harrisburg, walking westbound on West Robinson Street and knew him to be wanted on an active arrest warrant.
The officers informed Snyder they had a warrant for his arrest and during the pat-down Snyder informed them, “I have a loaded rig on me.”
Sure enough, the deputies located a cell phone case which held a hypodermic needle containing a tan liquid, tin foil that was folded in a small square, one contact lens container containing a small piece of cotton that had absorbed a blue liquid and one plastic tube believed to be used for smoking meth.
When Welge asked what was in the needle Snyder said, “meth.”
Snyder was booked into the Saline County jail on charged of Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine and Unlawful Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.
At the time of his arrest, Snyder was serving a 24 month probation sentence after being convicted October 16, 2013 of Criminal Trespass to a Residence Knowing a Person was Present.
He was also ordered in that case to pay $3,287.25 in fines and fees, of which he still owes $2,537.25.
Cash bond in his latest case has been set at $1,000
’rado man going for a record?
An Eldorado man with four outstanding criminal cases in Saline County has been busted for his third time this year alone.
According to police Michael Ryan Brogan, age 34, of the 1900 block of Saline Ave., Eldorado, well-known for driving revoked was spotted, well… driving.
Information filed in the case claims that police watched as Brogan backed a vehicle out of his garage and headed westbound on Benton Street.
When he was stopped he claimed to be test-driving a car he had just purchased.
That was the excuse he gave for not having insurance; however, he didn’t have an excuse for driving revoked.
When he was taken into custody he decided he would practice a bit of resisting, which he wasn’t good at, either.
It took a little work, but Brogan was convinced in short order to put his hands behind his back.
When authorities searched the car Brogan was “test driving,” they found the alleged new car came complete with methamphetamine (approximately five grams) and even two hypodermic syringes to shoot up with.
If word gets out, all the area dopers will head to the drug-deals-on-wheels car lot.
At any rate, Mr. Brogan was booked into the county jail on formal charges of Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine, Unlawful Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Driving Revoked 4-9 and Operating an Uninsured Motor Vehicle.
At the time of his arrest Brogan was out on bond in a pending case from June 16, 2012 in which he is charged with Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine.
And while he was out on bond in that case he was busted days later, June 28, 2012 and charged with Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine Precursors, Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine Manufacture Material and Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine.
And while he was out on bond in that case he was arrested and charged April 28, 2014 with Retail Theft.
He also has a pending case from January 19 of this year, in which he is charged with Driving Revoked.
Brogan was released from police custody in his most recent case March 17 after a $1,000 cash bond was posted on his behalf by Shelly Rae Headrick, 40, of the same Eldorado address.
Headrick was busted June 20, 2010 and charged with Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine Manufacturing Materials, Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance, Unlawful Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and Unlawful Possession of Hypodermic Syringe.
She pleaded to the controlled substance charge in return for the remainder of the charges being dismissed and was sentenced to two years probation.
Now with five criminal cases pending in Saline, it appears Mr. Brogan will finally get his day in court.