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Cass County traffic stop results in the arrest of NV residents on drug charges

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February 18th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

A traffic stop on Interstate 80 Saturday in Cass County resulted in the arrest of two Nevada residents on drug charges. The Sheriff’s Office reports a Cass County Deputy pulled over a vehicle on I-80 westbound near the 67-mile marker, and as the result of an investigation arrested 32-year old Amanda Lynn Mesler of Sparks, NV, on charges of Possession of a Controlled Substance and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Another occupant of the vehicle, 46-year old Benjamin Michael Fielder, of Wadsworth, NV, was arrested on two counts of Possession of a controlled substance and one count of Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Mesler and Fielder were taken to the Cass County Jail where both were released later that day on $2000 and $3,000 bonds respectively.