PICKAWAY – On 15 March 2019 Sergeant Gary Barrowman, Deputy Stephen Harger, and the Pickaway Twp EMS responded to 177 Neville Street in the Jefferson Addition on a reported possible overdose with a male subject unconscious in a vehicle behind the wheel. When the Deputies arrived and awakened the subject a small baggy of possible illegal drugs was visible in the car. Deputy Harger’s K9 Joris was deployed and a free air search was conducted with the canine indicating that illegal drugs where inside the vehicle. During the vehicle search several empty bags and 3 bags that contained 4.0 grams of methamphetamine, along with 5 glass pipes were found. The subject, Nicholas R. Engel, was charged with possession of Methamphetamine and Possession of Drug Abuse Instruments and transported to the Pickaway County Jail.
