Shown above are baggies and cash seized during a traffic stop on Thursday night.
A Somerset man and his passenger were arrested Thursday night following a routine traffic stop conducted by the Pulaski County Sheriff s Office.
Eric Daniel Nicholas, 48, of Pond Meadow Road, has been charged with first-degree Trafficking in a Controlled Substance (2nd or greater offense, more than two grams of methamphetamine); Trafficking in a Controlled Substance (1st offense, heroin); No Insurance; and second-degree Persistent Felony Offender.
Autumn Decker, 22, of McKee, Kentucky, has been charged with Disorderly Conduct.
According to Pulaski County Sheriff Greg Speck, the charges stem from an incident that began just after 10 p.m. when Deputy Branson Patterson stopped a 2013 Dodge Challenger on Pond Meadow Road for a reported traffic violation. During the stop, the deputy located 3.9 grams of suspected methamphetamine; 3.9 grams of suspected heroin; and $9,701 in cash all on the person of Nicho