STATE POLICE REPORT THAT THEY SEIZED 1.4 POUNDS OF METHAMPHETAMINE DURING A TRAFFIC STOP ON INTERSTATE 80 ON APRIL 14TH. MULTIPLE DRUG CHARGES WERE FILED LAST WEEK AGAINST 50-YEAR-OLD MATTHEW SOLIDA OF DUBOIS. HE WAS PULLED OVER AT AROUND 6PM WHILE DRIVING EASTBOUND AT MILE MARKER 88.4 IN WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP FOR DRIVING TOO CLOSELY AND FAILING TO SIGNAL. TROOPERS FOUND THAT SOLIDA WAS DRIVING WITH A SUSPENDED LICENSE AND A POLICE K-9 DETECTED THE PRESENCE OF DRUGS. HIS CAR WAS SEARCHED AND THEY FOUND THE METHAMPHETAMINE UNDER THE DRIVER’S SEAT. A PRELIMINARY HEARING DATE HAS NOT BEEN SET.
