Two arrested in Jackson Co on drug charges
01/17/2021
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(KNZA)--Two Topeka men were arrested in Jackson County on drug charges following separate traffic stops. 

Jackson County Sheriff Tim Morse, in a news release, said a sheriff's deputy stopped a Pontiac Bonneville driven by Levi Eisenbarth Friday afternoon in the entrance of the Prairie Band Casino for allegedly committing traffic infractions.

Morse said deputies located substances in the vehicle believed to be methamphetamine and ecstasy. It's alleged Eisenbarth was in route to make an illegal drug transaction.

He was booked into the Jackson County Jail on charges of distribute of methamphetamine, distribute of ecstasy, no drug tax stamp and using a telecommunications facility in the commission of a felony drug violation.

Meanwhile, Morse said a sheriff's deputy stopped a Mercury Grand Marquis Sunday morning for a traffic infraction near 150th and Q.4 Roads near Mayetta.

An occupant of the vehicle, 41-year-old William Bari, was arrested by deputies for allegedly being in possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia.

Morse said Bari also had outstanding felony warrant out of Shawnee and Douglas Counties. He was booked into the Jackson County Jail.