Off-duty El Dorado police officer working security makes drug arrest
El Dorado AR Aug 20 2019
An El Dorado man is scheduled for a first appearance hearing today in 35th Judicial District Court following a drug arrest at a local supermarket.
Officers initially responded Saturday to an incident in which a customer at Mac’s Fresh Market, 511 N. West Ave., was attempting to use an electronic benefits transfer card that had been reported stolen or lost.
A check into the incident led to the arrest of James H. Davis, 47, of the 800 block of East Fourth, on a felony charge of possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver, a misdemeanor charge of possession of marijuana and a Union County Sherriff’s Office warrant for child support enforcement.
An El Dorado police officer who was working off-duty security at Mac’s made contact with Davis at 8:37 p.m., saying that Davis was attempting to use a state-issued EBT card that belonged to someone else.
The officer said the card reader issued a notification that the card had either been lost or stolen.
According to a police report, Davis was taken into custody after the officer learned of the UCSO warrant.
Police seized the EBT card and a second EBT that was reportedly in Davis’s possession and that also belonged to someone else.
During an inventory search of Davis’s vehicle, police found two plastic bags, one containing crystal methamphetamine and the other containing marijuana, according to a police report.
A chain saw that was found inside the vehicle is also believed to have been stolen, police said.
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