Subject charged with Drug Trafficking

On 9/14/2017, at 11:26pm, Norton Police Patrolman Bryan King was traveling on Mansfield Avenue in Norton in a marked police vehicle when he noticed the vehicle traveling behind him to be following too closely and with high beams on.  Ptlm. King stopped the vehicle and spoke with the operator, Jedediah Daniel, age 20, of Shohola, Pennsylvania, but currently residing at Wheaton College as a student.  Daniel was acting suspiciously, spraying aerosol in the vehicle and reaching for an open duffel bag.  After further investigation, police discovered a large quantity of drugs in Daniel's vehicle.  Among the drugs were over 5 pounds of Marijuana, cocaine, Psilocybin mushrooms and MDMA (Ecstasy/Molly).

Daniel was placed under arrest and held at the Norton police station on $25,000 bail.  He will appear in the Attleboro District Court this morning.  Daniel is charged with following too closely, trafficking in Cocaine, possession of a class D substance with intent to distribute, two counts of possession of a class C substance with intent to distribute and one count of possession of a class B substance with intent to distribute.