Columbia Police responded to an apartment at Magnolia Drive on Tuesday morning, December 7, 2021 for a welfare check. The caller had reported he had arrived at the apartment to drop off children and had noticed narcotics and paraphernalia within the residence.

After arriving on scene, officers made contact with a male party at the apartment and found drug paraphernalia and suspected methamphetamine in plain view. 26-year-old Jared Wheat of Columbia was taken into custody and charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine). Child Protective Services was also notified.