VIDOR — A Vidor man has been charged with possession of a controlled substance following a traffic stop in Vidor on Tuesday night.
Paul Joseph Lagrone, 40, was charged with a second degree felony charge of possession of a controlled substance after Orange County deputies discovered 27 grams of methamphetamine hidden in "his waist area" according to a release from the Orange County Sheriff's Office.
Investigators with the sheriff's office narcotics division were in the area of North Tram Road and FM 1132 when they noticed Lagrone run a stoplight and turn onto Tram Road from 1132 without signaling the release said.
The deputies initiated a traffic stop and Lagrone, who was driving a pickup pulling a trailer carrying a four-wheeler, continued slowly before pulling over near Ogden Road in Vidor according to the release.
Lagrone was being arrested on a parole violation when the meth was discovered.
Investigators were unable to make contact with the registered owner of the four-wheeler in Houston.
Lagrone was transported to the Orange County Correctional Center on the parole violation and the drug charges and could be charged with felony theft pending contact with the owner of the four wheeler according to the release.
