On July 16, 2024, at approximately 9:03p.m. Des Moines County Sheriff’s Deputies stopped a vehicle for an equipment violation at Central Ave. and Columbia St. in Burlington, IA. During the traffic stop deputies were given consent to search the vehicle. Deputies located methamphetamine inside of a coin purse where the backseat passenger had been sitting.
The backseat passenger was identified as Tina May Dalton, age 43, of Burlington, IA. Dalton was placed under arrest for possession of a controlled substance 3rd or subsequent offense, a D felony. Dalton also had an arrest warrant for a pretrial violation for possession of a controlled substance 3rd or subsequent offense. Dalton was transported to the Des Moines County Correctional Center.
A CRIMINAL CHARGE IS MERELY AN ACCUSATION AND THE DEFENDANT IS PRESUMED INNOCENT UNTIL AND UNLESS PROVEN GUILTY.
