(Greenfield, Iowa) – The Adair County Sheriff’s Office reports two arrests occurred late last week. Thursday morning, 40-year-old Erik Brandon McKinney, of Merrillville, IN, was arrested by the Iowa State Patrol on Interstate 80 in Adair County. McKinney was arrested for Possession of a Controlled Substance-Marijuana/3rd or subsequent offense, following a traffic stop for speeding. He admitted to having a THC vape pen and a marijuana joint inside his vehicle. During a probable cause search of the vehicle, the vape pen and joint were found in an ash tray, and a small plastic bag containing a substance resembling cocaine was found in a shoulder bag on the passenger side seat of the SUV. McKinney was transported to the Adair County Jail and released about an hour later on his Own Recognizance.

Friday evening, Police in Adair arrested 18-year-old Lynden Jorden Wollman, of Aberdeen, SD, for Possession of a Controlled Substance/Marijuana-1st offense, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia (a grinder used to grind marijuana). His arrest occurred in the parking lot of a motel in Adair, after an Adair Police Officer on routine patrol saw three men acting suspicious. The smell of marijuana emitted from the vehicle when the officer approached. Wollman admitted the marijuana was his. He was taken to the Adair County Jail and later released on a $1,300 cash or surety bond.