Two face drug charges following I-80 traffic stop near Wood River

Two face drug charges following I-80 traffic stop near Wood River

HALL COUNTY, Neb. — Two Illinois residents face drug charges following a traffic stop on Interstate 80 near Wood River early Wednesday morning.

Tiffany Duetsch, 35, of Rockford, Illinois, is charged in Hall County Court with five total drug charges.

Mark Hernandez, 44, also of Rockford, Illinois, faces three total drug charges.

According to an arrest affidavit, around 2 a.m. Wednesday, a Nebraska State Patrol trooper stopped a Nissan Pathfinder, driven by Hernandez, near the Wood River Interstate 80 exit due to it traveling 90 MPH in a 75 MPH zone.

The trooper said when he approached the vehicle, he smelled marijuana coming from it, which led to a probable cause search.

The affidavit said the search located a bag in the front passenger compartment containing two pipes, a grinder and multiple bags of marijuana. Plastic boxes containing methamphetamine, a paper bag containing THC products and multiple plastic bags containing Psilocybin mushrooms were also located. The trooper said heroin was also located.

Deutsch and Hernandez were subsequently arrested and booked into the Hall County Jail.