Steven Harold Brook

WARSAW — A Michigan man was recently arrested after a local officer performed a traffic stop and discovered drugs and paraphernalia.

Steven Harold Brook, 48, 69660 Horvath Way, Niles, Mich., is being charged with possession of methamphetamine, a level 6 felony; and possession of paraphernalia, a class C misdemeanor.

On Feb. 10, an officer with the Warsaw Police Department observed a vehicle with an incorrect license plate that failed to come to a complete stop. The officer conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle and identified the driver as Brook.

The officer advised Brook that the vehicle was falsely plated and that it would be towed and inventory of the vehicle would take place. While searching the vehicle, the officer located a green bag that Brook claimed was his. Inside the bag, was a baby bottle fashioned into a smoking device containing white residue and a glass mirror with white residue on it. The white residue on both items tested positive for methamphetamine.

Brook was booked into the Kosciusko County Jail and later released on his own recognizance.