Two arrested on drug charges after Franklin traffic stop

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Jeremy Hedger. Photo courtesy of Johnson County Sheriff's Department.
Jeremy Hedger. Photo courtesy of Johnson County Sheriff’s Department.

Two Bartholomew County residents were arrested on drug charges in Johnson County after a traffic stop.

A Johnson County deputy pulled over the vehicle on U.S. 31 near Franklin at about 12:40 this morning because the driver did not use a turn signal, according to police reports.

Both of the car’s occupants had a hard time finding the car’s registration and a police dog alerted to the smell of drugs inside the vehicle.

A search of the vehicle revealed oxycodone, foil packs containing what appeared to be heroin and drug paraphernalia, according to the police report.

Rhiannon Mitchell. Photo courtesy of Johnson County Sheriff's Department.
Rhiannon Mitchell. Photo courtesy of Johnson County Sheriff’s Department.

Deputies arrested the driver, 42-year-old Jeremy Hedger of Elizabethtown on a preliminary charge of possession of drug paraphernalia. The passenger 30-year-old Rhiannon Mitchell of Columbus was arrested on preliminary charges of possession of paraphernalia, possession of heroin, possession of a
controlled substance and possession of a needle.