School Bus Blow By Lands Drug Dealer in Jail

A suspected drug dealer is behind bars after Spotsylvania Sheriff's pulled over a car for failing to yield for a stopped school bus. 

The incident happened at around 3:45 p.m. on October 17 when Deputy Matthew Green was working a traffic enforcement detail near the intersection of Stoney Creek and Ballantraye drives near the Breezewood Shopping Center in Spotsylvania County. The deputy watched a white Dodge Dakota continue past a stopped school bus in the opposite lane which was unloading children at the time.

After being pulled over by Green, the driver, 33-year-old Locust Grove resident Dekete Levi Johnson, said that he did not know he was required to stop for a school bus in the opposite lane. 

According to the Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office, Green smelled marijuana coming from Dekete's car. Green also discovered Dekete was also driving on a suspended license, and had a number of prior charges for driving on a suspended license. 

Police searched Dekete's car and found 14.5 grams of marijuana stowed away underneath the seats.

Dekete was arrested for habitually driving on a suspended license and possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute. He was taken to Rappahannock Regional Jail and held under no bond.