Ryan Sheeley, 48, of Springville was arrested in Bedford on the night of 23 October 2026 after a traffic stop led to a K-9 sweep and the discovery of drugs including marijuana.[1] He faces preliminary charges of possession of methamphetamine, possession of a narcotic, possession of paraphernalia and possession of marijuana.[1] Bedford Police Officer Sarah Haluda began the stop at about 910 pm on Oct 23 after seeing a dark Chevrolet SUV travelling west on 16th Street from R Street with only fog lights illuminated while tailgating another vehicle.[1] The SUV carried a plate registered to a 2019 Kia SUV, which Sheeley said belonged to his girlfriend’s Kia and was fictitious, and the vehicle came to rest in a Sunoco gas station parking lot near 16th Street and Hillcrest Road.[1]

Mitchell Police Officer Kuhlman and K-9 partner Vader then conducted a free-air sniff around the vehicle that produced a primary alert for narcotics.[1] Confronted with that alert, Sheeley said officers would find a glass pipe in the driver’s side door pocket that he had used the previous day to ingest methamphetamine.[1] The search found a glass smoking device with residue in the driver’s door pocket, a small baggie of crystal-like substance above a torch lighter in the centre console, a wooden container with plant-like substance, a lockbox with marijuana nuggets and another smoking device, plus a grinder and other smoking devices.[1] Field tests on the crystal-like substance were positive for methamphetamine and fentanyl, while the plant material tested positive for marijuana.[1]

Sheeley’s juvenile son was a passenger in the vehicle and was picked up from the scene by a relative, while the vehicle was impounded by Stone City Collision.[1] Sheeley was taken to the Bedford Police Department, agreed to field sobriety tests that showed no substantial signs of impairment, and was then booked into the Lawrence County Jail.[1] Everyone named is presumed innocent until proven guilty, with the account based on the probable-cause affidavit rather than a final determination of guilt.[1]