The Clarkson Police Department seized methamphetamine and cash during traffic stop on Elizabethtown Road.
Monday morning at approximately 11:30, Clarkson Police Chief Buck Meredith observed a Saab passenger car driving erratically as the vehicle left the 200 block of East Main Street. The Saab traveled east as Meredith initiated a traffic stop in the 6200 block of Elizabethtown Road, near the intersection of Crow Hollow Road.
Upon making contact with the driver, 46-year-old Abraham Valinski, of Oregon (but who has been in the area for several months), Meredith suspected he was under the influence of a substance, as Valinski was sweating profusely, talking rapidly and was fidgety as he reached around inside the vehicle, Meredith said.
Meredith detained the uncooperative Valinski, who refused to produce a driver’s license and gave Meredith a false name. During a search of the Saab, the chief located a significant amount of methamphetamine, a glass methamphetamine pipe containing residue, the suspect’s driver’s license as well as nearly $1,000 in cash.
Valinski was arrested and charged with trafficking in a controlled substance (methamphetamine), DUI, reckless driving, and giving an officer a false name. He was lodged in the Grayson County Detention Center.
Grayson County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Jarrod Mudd and Deputy Erik Franklin assisted at the scene.
By Ken Howlett, News Director
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