Priceville police: Man had psilocybin laced with fentanyl, marijuana during I-65 stop
May 27—On Monday, police charged an Ohio man with drug trafficking after a traffic stop on Interstate 65 yielded pounds of marijuana and psilocybin mushrooms laced with fentanyl in his vehicle, according to the Priceville Police Department.
According to a police affidavit, an officer initiated a traffic stop at approximately 1:47 a.m. on a gray Hyundai Elantra traveling south on I-65 for failing to signal a lane change and having an obstructed windshield.
Police said they identified the driver as 29-year-old D'Angelo Antonio Bates from Toledo, Ohio.
There was an odor of raw and burnt marijuana coming from Bates' vehicle, according to the affidavit, which prompted officers to conduct a search. Officers located a firearm, 2.3 pounds of marijuana, 2.3 ounces of fentanyl laced "psilocybin/psilocin substance," and various drug paraphernalia hidden within the vehicle's spare tire compartment, police said.
Bates was charged with trafficking in cannabis, trafficking dangerous drugs-fentanyl, and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia. He remained in the Morgan County Jail in lieu of a $515,000 bond Tuesday, according to jail records.
A felony warrant signed by Morgan County Circuit Judge Jennifer Howell states that Bates' bond was set higher because of his criminal history, his status on bond in another state for felony assault and strangulation, and concerns that he poses a danger to the community.
— wesley.tomlinson@decaturdaily.com or 256-340-2442.
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