On 7-21-21 at 12:15amCT, K-9 Deputy Chandler Staten and Deputy Joey Keith initiated a traffic stop on a 2005 KIA, 11 miles east of Columbia on Millerfield Road. Deputies suspected illegal narcotics were in the vehicle and K-9 Nitro was deployed and gave a positive hit indicator of the detection of narcotics. A search was conducted and suspected methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia were located.
Tessa Stargell, 40, was arrested and lodged in the Adair County Regional Jail on charges of Possession of a Controlled Substance 1st degree (methamphetamine) and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.
The Adair Sheriffs Office is continuing the investigation.