WPD Arrest Man on Illegal Drugs Charges

A Cleveland, Ohio man is facing two felony drug charges after Wheeling Police arrested him Thursday afternoon on Wheeling Island.

 

Around 4:30 p.m., police patrolling the south end of Wheeling Island initiated a traffic stop on Ohio Street. When the officers approached the occupants, they detected an odor of marijuana coming from the passenger side of the car. After a search of the vehicle and the occupants, police discovered a substantial amount of methamphetamine and crack cocaine.

 

As a result, the passenger of the vehicle, Andre Raymond Lewis, Jr., 24 of Cleveland, Ohio was arrested and charged with two counts of possession with intent to deliver. He was arraigned by an Ohio County Magistrate, where bond was set at $20,000. He remains in the Northern Regional Jail.


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