By Pat Culverhouse

A Plain Dealing man is currently housed in the parish prison after Springhill police officers found him in possession of illegal narcotics when the vehicle in which he was riding was stopped for a traffic violation early Tuesday.

Springhill Chief of Police Will Lynd said 55-year-old Michael S. Eason has been booked for possession of CDS Sch. II (methamphatemines), possession of CDS Sch. IV (Xanax) and possession of drug paraphernalia.

He is being held at Bayou Dorcheat Correctional Facility. No bond has been set.

Springhill officers Andrew Evans and Jason Fitzgerald said Eason immediately exited the vehicle after it reportedly pulled over for the traffic stop and he, along with the driver, 41-year-old Stacy Stevens of Bradley, Arkansas, were detained.

Officers reportedly received permission to search the pair and found 25 Xanax pills along with separate bags of suspected methamphetamines in Eason’s pants pocket. A pipe associated with smoking narcotics reportedly was found in Eason’s underwear.

Stevens was cited for failure to signal a turn, no vehicle insurance and on a warrant for simple burglary from the Webster Parish Sheriff’s Office. His bond is set at $1,000.

This information has been provided by a law enforcement agency as public information. Persons named as suspects in a criminal investigation, or arrested and charged with a crime, have not been convicted of any criminal offense and are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.