AUGUST 9, 2022
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEWS RELEASE #22-0809-1
CONTACT: SHERIFF TIM MORSE @ 785-364-2251
Joseph Logan Derting
Texas man arrested on drug and weapon charges
JACKSON COUNTY, Kan. (JASO) – Sheriff Tim Morse reports that a Texas man was arrested early Monday morning on a traffic stop. A Jackson County Deputy Sheriff stopped a white Ford F-150 pickup truck in the 200 block of Arizona Street in Holton for a traffic infraction shortly after 1 A.M. Monday. The vehicle had been reported earlier of driving erratic. The driver, Joseph Derting, 46, of North Richland Hills, Texas, was arrested for possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, criminal possession of a weapon, driving under the influence, transporting an open container and driving without a valid license.