APRIL 17, 2024
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEWS RELEASE #24-0417-1
CONTACT: SHERIFF TIM MORSE 785-364-2251
Danielle Elizabeth Ortiz
Traffic stop ends with arrest
JACKSON COUNTY, Kan. (JASO) – Sheriff Tim Morse reports that a Topeka woman is facing a felony drug charge following a traffic stop on April 14, 2024. A Jackson County Sheriff’s Deputy conducted a traffic stop near 142nd and U.S. Hwy 75 around 11:30 P.M. on a 2011 GMC Terrain for a traffic infraction. The driver was identified as 37-year-old, Danielle Elizabeth Ortiz, of Topeka. Ortiz was arrested at the scene of the stop and was booked into the Jackson County Jail for the following: possession of methamphetamine, possession of a depressant and possession of drug paraphernalia. Ortiz was also arrested on an outstanding Shawnee County warrant for burglary and theft.