DUBOIS – A DuBois man is facing felony charges for allegedly possessing over 31 grams of methamphetamine.
Police say they were called by a local hotel on Jan. 20 to do a welfare check on a resident who was due to check out at 11 a.m. and did not. They were concerned because his phone was shut off.
When officers made contact with the man, Jack Anderson II, 36, they checked his record and learned he was wanted by state parole. He was taken into custody.
In the room, they saw needle caps and broken straws “scattered around the room,” according to the affidavit of probable cause.
After receiving permission from hotel employees, officers searched the room, reportedly finding $1,775 in cash, numerous plastic bags containing a white crystallized substance, more drug paraphernalia and scales.
At the police station, two backpacks belonging to Anderson were searched. In them they discovered more baggies with the crystal substance, drug paraphernalia and $903 in cash, according to the criminal complaint.
The crime lab determined the substance was methamphetamine and weighed a total of 31.14 grams, according to the report.
Anderson waived his right to a preliminary hearing Friday during centralized court in DuBois, sending his case on to the court of common pleas. His bail was set at $25,000, unsecured.
He is charged with felony manufacture/delivery/possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, two misdemeanor counts of intentional possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. An additional charge of felony dealing in proceeds of unlawful activities was withdrawn.
In a second case, he pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in connection to an incident on Aug. 28 in DuBois.