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Published Friday, January 02, 2009 in Local

Motorist arrested for drugs following traffic stop

By Alex McRae

The Newnan Times-Herald

A man whose license was already suspended for DUI faces more serious charges following an NPD traffic bust turned up suspected cocaine in the car.

According to the report, Officer Tonya Keith was traveling east on West Washington on Dec. 2 when she noticed the car in front of her was riding in the middle of the road. Keith activated her blue lights, but the driver failed to respond. Then Keith activated her emergency equipment, at which point the suspect vehicle, a Dodge Intrepid, made a right turn and started heading the wrong way on one-way Neal Street. As the driver slowed, Keith noticed him lean over toward the passenger side.

When the vehicle stopped, Keith identified the driver as Usbaldo Olmos-Ruvalcaba. A records check showed Olmos-Ruvalcaba's license was suspended for DUI. After Olmos-Ruvalcaba was arrested for suspended license and failure to maintain lane, Keith searched the floorboard and discovered what she suspected to be cocaine on the vehicle's floorboard. The suspect was then charged with possession of cocaine.

The following unrelated incidents were reported by the Newnan Police Department:

* Charles Patterson told Officer Steve Goodman on Dec. 1 that someone entered his vehicle in the parking lot of Lowe's on Hwy. 34 east and stole a Ruger .22 pistol and $550 in cash.

* On Dec. 2, Officer Jody Stanford responded to a call on Ball Street made by Kevin Parks, of Greenville, Ga. Parks told Stanford he started his 1995 Ford Ranger and left for a few minutes while the vehicle warmed up. When Parks returned to the truck, he observed a black male inside the vehicle.

According to Parks, the stranger said, "Sorry, man, I thought this was a white man's truck," then got out and left.

* Officer Christopher Robinson reported that on Dec. 2 he was flagged down while on patrol by Bernice Wright, of 2 Ball St. Wright said Clarence Freeman had entered her residence without permission and would not leave. A records check showed Freeman had also been arrested for criminal trespass at Highland Apartments and Housing Authority of Newnan property on three previous occasions. Freeman was arrested and charged with criminal trespass.

* On Dec. 3, Alexis Nahimana, of Maryland, was arrested on Bullsboro Drive by Officer Michael Condit and charged with driving while unlicensed. Condit arrested Nahimana after a brief chase. Nahimana told the officer he had been headed for a gas station to get a "blunt."

* Officer Jeremy Wood reported that on Dec. 3 he chased a vehicle through downtown Newnan on Hampton Place, Ball Street and Lake Drive at speeds reaching 55 mph. Two suspects, Brandon Sinkfield of Newnan and Ridardrian Favors of Luthersville, finally bailed out of the car at Highland Apartments and were captured after a brief foot chase. Sinkfield admitted to smoking marijuana earlier. He was charged with reckless driving, failure to maintain lane, driving unlicensed, DUI drugs and fleeing and attempting to elude officers.