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Drugs seized during an Iredell County traffic stop led to multiple charges against a Statesville-area woman.
Iredell County Sheriff’s Office

Traffic Stop on I-77 Leads to Multiple Drug Charges in Iredell County

IREDELL COUNTY, N.C. (WHKY) — An Interstate 77 traffic stop by the Iredell County Sheriff’s Office Aggressive Criminal Enforcement (ACE) Team resulted in the arrest of a 36-year-old woman on multiple drug charges. According to the Sheriff’s Office, Deputy J. Greene conducted the traffic stop around 2:50 p.m. Thursday, July 16, near the 59-mile marker on Interstate 77.Deputies searched the vehicle and reported finding Adderall, Ecstasy (MDMA), marijuana, and marijuana hashish. 36-year-old Amanda Crystal Dietrich was arrested and taken to the Iredell County Detention Center. She is charged with felony counts of possession of schedule I controlled substance and maintaining a vehicle for controlled substance. Dietrich is also charged with misdemeanor counts of possession of schedule II and VI controlled substance, possession of marijuana and possession of marijuana paraphernalia.

Authorities say Magistrate Hollar found probable cause for the charges and set Dietrich’s secured bond at $2,500.