Lack of seat belt leads to drug arrest

Kesha M. Froedge. Photo courtesy of Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department.

A Memorial Day traffic stop led to an arrest on drug charges for a Taylorsville woman.

27-year-old Kesha M Froedge was arrested on preliminary charges of possession of methamphetamine, marijuana and paraphernalia.

According to reports from Bartholomew County deputies, an officer was working on Operation Pull Over at about 9:50 a.m. yesterday morning when he saw a driver run a stop sign at West County Road 650N and North Main Street in Taylorsville. And the driver was not wearing a seatbelt.

When he pulled the car over, the deputy smelled a heavy scent of marijuana. A search allegedly revealed methamphetamine, a glass pipe, marijuana and a marijuana pipe and two cut straws with drug residue.

Operation Pull Over is an enforcement blitz aimed at enforcing seat belt use. Froedge is also facing traffic citations for running the stop sign and not wearing a seat belt.