A Wayne County man allegedly tried to hide meth from deputies during a traffic stop... by giving them to his son.
The meth was discovered after Roy Eugene Icenhower, Sr. was pulled over for failure to reinstate his operator's license, according to the Wayne County Sheriff's office.
His juvenile son cried when police discovered he had meth in his possession along with pills allegedly used for making meth, according to deputies.
The boy reportedly told them the meth wasn't his and also said his father cooked methamphetamines in the family's garage and carport.
His father, Roy Eugene Icenhower, Sr., later admitted to giving his son the meth, deputies said.
Officers had stopped Icenhower at the intersection of Market Street at North Mt. Eaton Road and arrested him. They also detained Brandon Cottrell, a passenger in the back seat of the car.
When they advised Icenhower's son that they were going to pat him down for weapons, he told them he had a pocket knife. But that was not all that was in his pocket.
Feeling something that deputies said seemed consistent with drug paraphernalia during the pat down, an officer asked the boy about the contents of his pockets. He reportedly admitted he had a small amount of marijuana, a bowl, and a glass smoking device.
But deputies said they found he also had two white cylinders, items the juvenile told them had come from his father.
One of the cylinders looked like it might contain meth objects, according to officers. And subjects inside it reportedly later field tested positive for methamphetamine.
The findings didn't end there. The boy allegedly had 96 pills inside his jacket that he also said his father had given him when they were stopped.
During questioning, Cottrell admitted that he was the one who had purchased Up and Up Nasal at Walmart and knew that the pills were going to be used for manufacturing meth, but he said he had purchased them for Icenhower, according to authorities.
Cottrell and Icenhower were taken to the Wayne County Jail.
Deputies secured permission to search Icenhower's residence from a woman who reportedly lived on Market Street with Icenhower and their son.
Nothing was found after a search of the garage and carport. But when officers started pulling back an area of soil near the trailer residence, where dirt seemed recently disturbed, they said they found a bag with a box inside.
An agent from Medway Drug Enforcement cut the box open and found items that the sheriff's office said appeared consistent with the manufacturing of methamphetamines.
The items were collected to be sent off for testing.
Sheriff's deputies also reported finding tubing, lithium ion batteries, a glass smoking device, digital scale and other times inside the residence.
Medway collected the tubing.
Icenhower has a court date for the failure to reinstate charges that is scheduled for Tuesday at 10 a.m.
Child Services reportedly helped obtain a safe residence for Icenhower's son in his uncle's home, which is across the street from his former residence.
