Traffic stop ends in meth arrest
KAYE THORNBRUGH | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 5 years, 8 months AGO
Kaye Thornbrugh is a second-generation Kootenai County resident who has been with the Coeur d’Alene Press for six years. She primarily covers Kootenai County’s government, as well as law enforcement, the legal system and North Idaho College. | December 22, 2020 1:00 AM
POST FALLS — Police arrested a man who they said led them on a chase.
Jesse D. Cline, 41, is charged with possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, a felony.
Police said Cline was leaving “a known drug house” in Post Falls last Thursday morning when he failed to complete a stop at an intersection.
When police attempted to initiate a traffic stop, Cline allegedly sped up. Police said they pursued Cline’s truck, a silver Chevy Silverado, at speeds of up to 55 mph in a residential area before the truck eventually stopped.
After Cline exited the truck, police detained him in handcuffs.
Police said a plastic bag containing 27 grams of meth was sitting in plain view on the driver’s seat.
In Idaho, possessing between 28 and 200 grams of meth is considered trafficking, a felony punishable by a minimum of three years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
Police arrested Cline at the scene.
Judge Timothy Van Valin ordered Friday that Cline, who was reportedly on parole from a 2013 case, be held on $150,000 bail.
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