Laverna March, 44, was stopped at about 3 p.m. Monday, March provided false identification and the trooper observed "indicators of criminal activity." The driver consented to a search of the vehicle, and police found a bag of white powder and brown powder that could not be identified, as well as five balls of a brown substance wrapped in plastic bags, police reported. A State Police canine scanned the substance and "alerted" to it, and the driver was taken into custody.
The substance was tested at the state police Clearfield station and found to be one pound of heroin, according to state police. The other substances have not been identified.March was arraigned on charges of intent to distribute, possession of heroin and possession of drug paraphernalia.
He was arraigned May 1 in 41A District Court in Sterling Heights. A May 13 preliminary exam was adjourned because Bussell wanted a court-appointed attorney. No new preliminary exam date has been set.Officers stopped him April 29 in the area of 14 Mile and Van Dyke and found about 3 ounces of cocaine and a large amount of cash in his vehicle.They interviewed him and he told them about a large amount of cocaine in a storage facility on Merrill Street. Officers with the city’s Crime Suppression Unit searched the facility and found 25 kilos of cocaine.
