Traffic Stop Turns Worse For Johnson City Man

A traffic stop by police turned out much worse for a Johnson City man after he was charged with possession of narcotics and identity theft. Johnson City Police stopped a vehicle around seven thirty Thursday evening on E Fairview Avenue. When questioned, the occupants of the vehicle admitted to smoking pot and told police there was drug paraphernalia in the vehicle. Officers spoke with a passenger in the vehicle who was later identified as 56 year old Richmond Macklin. However, Macklin used another person’s identity. Following a search of the vehicle investigators discovered multiple baggies of Methamphetamine, and Marijuana along with suboxone in the area where Macklin was sitting. Macklin is being held on a 40 thousand dollar bond, and is scheduled for arraignment Friday in Washington County, Tennessee General Sessions Court.