JANUARY 31, 2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEWS RELEASE #21-0131-3
CONTACT: SHERIFF TIM MORSE 785-364-2251
Michael A. Hall
Brian Michael Miller
Shane E. Sanger
Three arrested on alcohol, drugs, weapons and stolen property
JACKSON COUNTY, Kan. (JASO)-Sheriff Tim Morse reports that Jackson County Sheriff’s deputies stopped a northbound Ford F-150 truck bearing a Texas license plate pulling a trailer in the City of Holton near 9th and Arizona Ave on January 26, 2021, shortly before 1 p.m. Deputies stopped the vehicle for allegedly committing a traffic infraction. Deputies discovered that the South Dakota license plate on the trailer had been reported stolen. Deputies also located a piece of tape on the trailer tongue that had been spray painted to match the trailer. The piece of tape was covering the VIN number. The trailer had been reported stolen out of Cherry County, Nebraska in October of 2020. Jackson County deputies made contact with the Cherry County Nebraska Sheriff’s Office and was advised that an additional trailer had been stolen near the same time in Nebraska. Further investigation led deputies to contact the Orange County, Texas Sheriff’s Office who then was able to recover the second stolen trailer.
The driver, Michael A. Hall, 35, of Mauriceville, Texas, was arrested for the following: possession of a hallucinogenic drug, driving while suspended, transporting an open container and for an outstanding felony warrant.
Brian Michael Miller, 29, of Sulphur, Louisiana, was arrested for the following: possession of a hallucinogenic drug, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of a firearm by a person addicted to a controlled substance, criminal possession of a weapon by felon; convicted in last 5 years.
Shane E. Sanger, 46, of Vidor, Texas, was arrested for the following: transporting an open container and possession of stolen property; felony. All three men were booked into the Jackson County Jail.