A Fort Branch man was arrested yesterday following a traffic stop on U-S 41 in Gibson County.
Gibson County authorities stopped a car to check on an equipment violation. Authorities identified a passenger in the vehicle as 41 year-old James Short.
Short was found wanted on a criminal confinement warrant out of Gibson County. A further search found marijuana and other controlled substances in his possession. Short tried to flee the area, but was caught a short distance later.
Short faces eight charges—including escape, meth possession, possession of a legend drug, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, identity deception, and two separate counts of resisting law enforcement. Short also faces added warrants out of both Vanderburgh and Warrick counties.
He is being held in the Gibson County Jail.
