WYOMING COUNTY, WV (LOOTPRESS) — A routine traffic stop on Saturday night, May 3, 2025, ended with a drug arrest after officers discovered heroin during a roadside search.
At approximately 9:27 p.m., Patrolmen D. Cooper and D. Lambert pulled over a Chrysler Pacifica for an expired registration. The driver, identified as Michael Taylor, admitted to officers that he did not have a valid driver’s license, explaining he was behind the wheel because his passenger was “too tired to drive.”
While speaking with Taylor, officers detected the odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle. Both occupants were asked to exit the car, and during a Terry frisk, tinfoil packets — including one with heroin residue — fell from Taylor’s pocket.
Officers then conducted a search of the vehicle and soon spotted a baggie of white powder lying on the ground beside the driver’s door. When questioned, Taylor admitted it was his and identified the substance as heroin, a Schedule I controlled substance.
Michael Taylor was immediately placed under arrest and charged with possession of a controlled substance.
