Cop Finds 127 Prescription Pills During Traffic Stop

ADAIRSVILLE, GA — A routine traffic stop led to Adairsville police recovering more than 100 prescription pills stashed away between two seats inside a vehicle Tuesday afternoon.

An officer on patrol observed a vehicle weaving over the road around 2 p.m. July 10 on Ga. 140, and conducted a traffic stop "to check on the driver," according to a press release from the Adairsville Police Department.

The driver, identified as Calhoun resident Stanley Lee Taylor, 34, appeared "very nervous" during the stop, the agency added. Taylor consented to a search of the vehicle, and the officer found about 127 alprazolam pills in a glass container tucked away between the seats.

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Alprazolam is the generic version of Xanax, a schedule IV controlled substance. Taylor was arrested without incident and charged with failure to maintain lane, hands-free device required, possession of a Schedule IV controlled substance and possession of a schedule IV controlled substance with intent to distribute.

Jail records show the two possession charges are felonies while the other two are misdemeanors. He was booked into the Bartow County Jail and remains held on a $7,800 bond.

Photo: Stanley Lee Taylor. Credit: Bartow County Jail