LOWNDES CO., Miss. (WCBI) – A Macon man will spend the new year behind bars on a felony charge.
27-year-old Lavaris Yates is charged with felony possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, along with several other misdemeanor charges.
On Thursday afternoon, MHP was conducting a routine driver’s license checkpoint on Highway 45 Alternate, just south of Askew Road.
Yates went through the checkpoint, and that’s when MHP officers found over 5 lbs. of marijuana in his vehicle.
Yates was arrested and booked into the Lowndes County Jail, where he is awaiting his first court appearance.
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