JEFFERSON, Ore. — The Marion County Sheriff’s office says the 68-year-old mayor of the small town of Idanha has been arrested for possession of methamphetamine.
Lt. Chris Baldridge said Monday that Cletus Moore and his passenger, 39-year-old Christopher Kosack, were stopped for a traffic violation in Jefferson Sunday night. He declined to name the specific traffic violation.
Deputies allege they found “what appeared to be methamphetamine” on both men.
Baldridge says Moore was driving without insurance and his car was towed. The drug was found during a subsequent search of the car. According to the sheriff’s office, the men admitted to driving to Jefferson to buy meth.
Moore and Kosack were booked into the Marion County Jail and later released. They are to appear in court Sept. 28.
A message left at Moore’s home was not immediately returned.
Idanha is a town of about 140 people about 60 miles southeast of Salem.
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