On August 8, 2024, at approximately 11:45 p.m., a Des Moines County Deputy stopped a vehicle at Vine and S. Central Avenue for an abnormally loud exhaust and failure to obey a stop sign. The driver was identified as Paul Swartzlander, age 46, of Danville. During the traffic stop, a Des Moines County K-9 Unit conducted an open-air sniff around the vehicle and alerted to the odor of narcotics.
Deputies then searched the vehicle, locating multiple items of drug paraphernalia, a powdery substance, and a wax substance, later field tested positive for heroin.
Swartzlander was placed under arrest and charged with possession of controlled substance- third offense, possession of drug paraphernalia and failure to obey stop sign.
A CRIMINAL CHARGE IS MERELY AN ACCUSATION AND THE DEFENDANT IS PRESUMED INNOCENT UNTIL AND UNLESS PROVEN GUILTY.
