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| Kim Douglas Duncan | Carlos Amado Gonzalas | Jerry C. Laney, Jr. |
Traffic violations led to the arrest of three men on drug related charges in two unrelated stops recently, one in Early and one in Brownwood.
Brown County Sheriff’s deputy J. Thomas made a traffic stop just off of Early Blvd at approximately 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, February 6th for failure to stop at the designated point. The driver and sole occupant of the vehicle, identified as 56-year-old Kim Douglas Duncan of Blanket, seemed a little nervous and unable to sit still, the deputy reported.According to the report, the deputy asked Duncan if there was anything illegal in the vehicle and he stated that there was not. Duncan was asked to exit his vehicle and to stand in front of the deputy’s patrol car, which he did but continued to act nervous and doubled over as if he was in extreme pain, stating that he had to urinate very badly, the report states. The deputy continued to speak with Duncan, asking if he had anything illegal on his person, but Duncan became very evasive and continued to state that he had to urinate, the report states. Because of his erratic behavior, the deputy told Duncan he would have to pat him down; however, Duncan then advised that he had a dirty pipe on his person, began patting his person and then stated that he guessed he did not have it with him, the report states. Duncan denied that the pipe was in the vehicle, but gave consent for the deputy to search the vehicle.
In the search, the deputy found a black gift type bag with several items of clothing and the glass pipe (the type commonly used to smoke methamphetamine), which had a residue of white powdery substance, according to the deputy’s report. A small purple bag with white diamonds was also found and inside of it, several tweezers, scissors and unused syringes along with a syringe with an amber colored substance which Duncan advised was a wash of a broken methamphetamine pipe, the report states. A small plastic bag which contained residue was also located in a blue backpack inside the vehicle, the report states. Field testing of the pipe, the plastic bag and the filled syringe showed positive for methamphetamine, according to the report.
A lockbox was found behind the driver’s seat which contained more than $36,000 cash, along with personal and legal documents, the report states. The money was found to be banded in a manner consistent with drug trafficking, the report states. There was an additional bag inside the lockbox which contained pieces of a plastic bag which also appeared to have a crystalline powder residue on them. Duncan was charged with possession of a controlled substance penalty group 1 less than 1 gram and money laundering equal or greater than $20,000 less than $100,000. Duncan is being held in the Brown County Jail in lieu of bonds totaling $45,000
Early Chief of Police David Mercer reports, in an unrelated traffic stop made on Saturday, February 8th, Early Police Sergeant Steven Means stopped a vehicle in the 500 block of Garmon Drive for a speeding violation. When Sgt. Means made contact with the driver he stated he did not have a license.
Sgt. Means interviewed the passengers and after further investigation, the driver 40-year-old Carlos Amado Gonzales of Richardson, was placed under arrest for no driver’s license. Sgt. Means then located a quantity of methamphetamine in Gonzales’ pocket, the report states. Further investigation in the vehicle led to the discovery of additional methamphetamine, 3 syringes loaded with what is believed to be more methamphetamines and 1 syringe loaded with what is believed to be black tar heroin, according to Mercer.
The syringes are being submitted to the Department of Public Safety’s lab for analysis to determine their content.
Gonzales was additionally charged with possession of controlled substance and one passenger Jerry Charles Laney, Jr., also of Richardson Texas, was placed under arrest for possession of a controlled substance penalty group 2 equal or greater than 1 gram less than 4 grams. A third passenger was released pending further investigation. Total field weight of methamphetamine at this time is 18.2 grams.
