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Indiana State Police-Sellersburg District 45-Sellersburg, IN
Friday April 28th, 2017 :: 10:36 a.m. EDT

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Traffic Stop Leads to Coke and 10K

Traffic Stop Leads to Coke and 10K
 
Floyd County-Yesterday evening, trooper Brandon Farias was working on Interstate #64 near the 121 Mile Marker when he stopped a 2002 silver Chrysler PT Cruiser traveling East at 100 miles per hour. The driver was a juvenile female from Owensboro, Kentucky that did not have a driver’s license. There were two other juvenile females in the car along with Nazarine Lamar Ingram, 41, from Louisville, KY.
 
During the traffic stop, a Georgetown Police Officer and his police K-9 assisted trooper Farias with a walk around sniff of the stopped car. The K-9 alerted on the vehicle indicating a presence of a controlled substance. A search of the vehicle was completed with officers locating a small children’s backpack under the front passenger seat containing $10,000.00 in U.S. Currency.  Officers also located alleged Cocaine in the vehicle.
 
The juvenile driver was cited for Reckless Driving and Operating without Ever Receiving a License. The front seat passenger, Nazarine Lamar Ingram, was placed under arrest and transported to the Floyd County Jail on the charges of Possession of Cocaine/Narcotic Drug; Maintaining a Common Nuisance and Taking a Child to a Nuisance.
 
***Media Note*** A Photo of the money seized is attached to this news release. A photo of the arrested can be obtained by contacting the Floyd County Jail.
 
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Sgt. Jerry D. Goodin
 
All Subjects are Innocent Until and Unless Proven Guilty in a Court of Law
 

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Indiana State Police-Sellersburg District 45-Sellersburg, IN
8014 Old Indiana 311
Sellersburg, IN 47172

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Non-emergencies: 812-246-5424

Jerry Goodin
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812-248-4364

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