A traffic stop in Greenville led to three arrests and a discovery of four methamphetamine cookers Monday night.
In a release, Darke County deputies and Greenville police conducted a traffic stop in the 300 block of Wagner Avenue just before 8:30 p.m.
Deputies said as the vehicle came to a stop, a man, identified as Paul Brown Jr. 41, of Union City, Ohio, immediately jumped out of the van and tried run away from the scene, but was apprehended after a short foot pursuit. He was arrested for an outstanding warrant for failure to appear on a previous charge for possession of meth, according to the release.
During the stop, the driver of the van, Anthony Marcum, 24, of Greenville, was also arrested after he was found with items used to manufacture meth. Deputies also arrested a passenger in the van, Angel Bowlin, 26, of Greenville for an outstanding warrant for illegal use of food stamps.
Deputies said based off the drug related items that were found during the stop, a search warrant was executed at Marcum’s house in the 400 block of Front Street in Greenville. The Darke County Narcotics Unit found and seized four active meth cookers from the house and were safely dismantled by the Darke County Clandestine Unit.
Marcum, Bowlin, and Brown have been booked into the Darke County Jail and are awaiting formal charges.