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Police Beat for Wednesday, March 1st, 2023

By Bruce Kropp Mar 1, 2023 | 11:34 AM

A 43-year-old Centralia man faces multiple drug charges following a traffic stop by Centralia Police Tuesday afternoon.   Police say Randall Giller of Wabash Avenue was a passenger in the car that was stopped at 5th and Poplar.   He was searched as a provision of his parole and was allegedly found in possession of 18.4 grams of meth, three fentanyl capsules, a spoon that contained what field tested as meth residue, and a hypodermic needle.  Giller was taken to the Marion County Jail after being arrested for possession of between 15 and 100 grams of meth, meth delivery, possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, and possession of a narcotics instrument.  The driver was not arrested.

Marion County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 39-year-old Jasmine Johnston of Airport Road in Salem for alleged possession of under five grams of meth.  She was also taken to the Marion County Jail.

A 33-year-old Cairo man, Timothy Vaughn, was returned to the Marion County Jail via prisoner transport on a Marion County DUI warrant.  Bond is set at $5,000.