Friday, July 28, 2017
Staff report
BOARDMAN
A traffic stop on U.S. Route 224 resulted in township police finding a slew of illicit drugs, according to a police report.
An officer reported he stopped a vehicle about 5:30 p.m. Wednesday on 224 near the Shops at Boardman Park after he observed the vehicle driving outside the marked lanes and crossing over the center line.
The officer then found the driver, Julian Missioni, 25, of Erskine Avenue, had a suspended driver’s license. A police dog was brought in to conduct a narcotics sniff of the vehicle after Missioni denied police consent to search it.
The dog indicated drugs were present, according to police, leading them to find suspected methamphetamine, LSD, suspected marijuana, bath salts and prescription pills. Police also seized two cellphones and $581 in cash that were found in the vehicle.
Missioni reportedly admitted “he sells the drugs, and that everything in the vehicle was his,” according to the report.
A field test of the suspected methamphetamine came back positive, according to the report.
Missioni is charged with three counts of drug possession, two counts of trafficking in drugs, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of marijuana and a traffic offense related to his suspended driver’s license, according to court records.
A search of Mahoning County court records shows Missioni previously was convicted on a misdemeanor charge of operating a vehicle while impaired in the township, as well as an offense of driving under financial responsibility.