Man allegedly slips out of handcuffs, destroys drugs in cop car

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An area man slipped out of his handcuffs and destroyed drugs in the back seat of a cop car, according to police.

Jeremy Ryan Moore, 33 of Bogata, was allegedly involved in a disturbance in the 500 block of 13th Street S.E. where he was allegedly waving a gun in his vehicle.

“Officers located [him] in the 400 block of 14th Street S.E. and stopped the vehicle in the 1300 block of Clarksville for displaying an expired registration,” said Paris Police Officer Curtis Garrett. “[Moore] was found to be in possession of methamphetamine and other pills that he did not have a prescription for.”

Garrett explained that after Moore was arrested and placed in the back seat of the patrol vehicle, he slid his hand out of the handcuffs and removed more narcotics from his boot before destroying the narcotics.

“Moore was charged with possession of a controlled substance of more than 1 gram (methamphetamine), tampering with evidence, resisting arrest (by removing his handcuffs), and two misdemeanor counts of possession of drugs,” Garrett added.

Moore was taken to Paris Municipal Jail, where he awaits transfer to Lamar County Jail. No mugshot is available at this time.