Billy Wayne Easterwood, 59 of Rome, was arrested on felony drug and weapon charges after a traffic stop on Glen Milner Blvd.
Reports said that Easterwood was stopped for an improper tag. Officers then discovered that he was also driving without insurance. While waiting on a tow truck, officers said, a free air sniff by a k9 officer led them to find drugs and a gun.
Police stated that the K9 officer located a black bag under the driver’s seat that contained suspected meth, a glass smoking pipe, and a wood handled pistol.
Easterwood is charged with possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug related objects, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and probation violation.
A short time later at a nearby lcoation, a woman , Tesla Amadea Moss, 31 of Rome, was also arrested on dru gand weapon charges.
She was charged with possession of meth and possession of a firearm during a crime.