A Milledgeville man stopped for a suspended registration was arrested on drug charges in January and recently indicted on those charges by a Jones County Grand Jury.
Emmanuel Andrade Rivas aka Emmanual Rivas Andrade has been incarcerated in the Jones County jail since his Jan. 17 arrest.
Andrade, 23, was indicted April 7 on charges that include possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, possession of firearm during commission of felony, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, possession of a Schedule I controlled substance with intent to distribute, possession of a Schedule II controlled substance, criminal use of an article with altered identification mark and the traffic charge that led to the arrest, driving on a suspended, canceled or revoked registration.
A report of the arrest by Jones County Sheriff’s Officer Travis Walker, now a lieutenant, stated he was monitoring traffic on Highway 49 when a red Ford F-150 was discovered to have a suspended registration.
Walker said he performed a traffic stop on the pickup, and the driver was identified as Andrade.
The deputy noted that Andrade was a Hispanic male who did not speak English, but he managed to communicate with the driver using the Spanish he knew.
Andrade was able to tell him that he did not have a license, and there was a gun in the vehicle. When asked about drugs, the driver said there was some marijuana.
After placing Andrade in his patrol car, Walker said he conducted a probable cause search of the truck. Inside he found the marijuana, some packed in small bags and more in a jar. The sergeant also found a bag of fentanyl, a bottle of MDMA pills and two firearms.
In addition to the drugs and firearms, Walker found pipes used for smoking drugs and a scale.
Walker said based on his knowledge, training and experience, the drugs were not intended for personal use.
Andrade was subsequently arrested.
