Media Release 22-1126-1

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NEWS RELEASE #22-1126-1

CONTACT: SHERIFF TIM MORSE 785-364-2251

Jesse Scott Hartter

Robert Jason Hobbs

Two northeast Kansas men arrested on drug charges

JACKSON COUNTY, Kan. (JASO) – Sheriff Tim Morse reports that shortly after 9:30 P.M. on Friday November 25, 2022, a Jackson County Sheriff’s Deputy stopped a black Neon for alleged traffic infractions near 190th and U.S. 75 Hwy.  The driver and passenger were subsequently arrested.  The driver, Jesse Scott Hartter, 29, of Sabetha, was arrested and booked into the Jackson County Jail for criminal possession of a firearm by a felon, defacing identification marks on a firearm and possession of a hallucinogenic drug.  The passenger, Robert Jason Hobbs, 46, of Fairview, was arrested and booked into the Jackson County Jail for distribution of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of a hallucinogenic drug, no drug tax stamp.