On Saturday, June 21, 2025, Adair County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Hunter Tweedy made a traffic stop on a 2000 Kawasaki Motorcycle for having expired tags. Upon getting a consent to search by the operator, Deputy Tweedy located drugs and drug paraphernalia.
Jason L. Wethington, age 45 of Columbia, was arrested and charged with:
Failure to or Improper Signal
No Registration Plate
No Registration Receipt
Failure to Produce Insurance Card
Failure of Owner to Maintain Insurance
Trafficking in a Controlled Substance (1st Offense Methamphetamine)
Possession of a Controlled Substance (1st Degree, 1st Offense Hydrocodone)
Drug Paraphernalia
Possession of a Controlled Substance (2nd Degree Drug Unspecified)
Wethington was lodged in the Adair County Jail.
The arrest was made by Deputy Hunter Tweedy, who was assisted by Deputy Nick Barber and Columbia Police.
(Deputy Gary Roy – Adair County Sheriff’s Office)