Emergency room run ends with Loogootee man in jail

ByFree Press Staff Reading Time: 2 minutes
Courtesy of Jasper Police Department.
Courtesy of Jasper Police Department.

A man who told police he was driving recklessly due to a passenger having a medical emergency was arrested after a Jasper canine indicated there were drugs in the car.

According to police, they received notification of a vehicle with its hazard lights activated passing other vehicles in a reckless manner while northbound on U.S. 231 at about 1:53 p.m. Monday.

Officers stopped the vehicle, identified as a 2016 Hyundai Accent, at 6th and Dorbett streets in Jasper. The driver, Shane Fellers, 37, of Church Street, Loogootee, told police the passenger was having a medical emergency, according to police. Officers allowed the vehicle to continue to Memorial Hospital.

Once at the hospital, officers determined that Fellers’ license was suspended. Canine Ares also indicated on a controlled substance being in the Hyundai.

Officers searched the vehicle and located three grams of crystal meth, used syringes, drug paraphernalia, and Carixotrodol, a Schedule IV controlled substance.

Fellers was charged with dealing meth, possession of meth, possesssion of hypodermic needles, possession of controlled substance, and possession of paraphernalia. He was cited for driving while suspended also.

Police booked Fellers into the Dubois County Security Center.

According to police, a female passenger was admitted to the hospital.

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