The Des Moines County Sheriff’s Office reports an early New Year’s Day arrest following a traffic stop in Burlington.
According to deputies, just after midnight on January 1st, a vehicle was stopped at the intersection of Roosevelt Avenue and Mount Pleasant Street for traffic violations. The driver was identified as 39-year-old Jeremy Elisha Boyle of Burlington. A license check showed Boyle was driving with a suspended license.
During a consent search of the vehicle, deputies located methamphetamine and Clonazepam pills. Boyle was arrested for driving under suspension and two counts of possession of a controlled substance, third or subsequent offense. He was transported to the Des Moines County Correctional Center.
Authorities remind the public that all charges are accusations, and the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.