OGDENSBURG-BASED STATE POLICE STOPPED A VEHICLE ON COUNTY ROUTE 1, AFTER A LICENSE PLATE SCANNER DETECTED AN EXPIRED REGISTRATION. A SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE WITH A CANINE TURNED UP SIX, INDIVIDUALLY-WRAPPED PACKAGES OF COCAINE FRAGMENTS TUCKED INTO THE PASSENGER SIDE VISOR.

THE DRIVER, 47-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL PHILLIPS WAS ARRESTED ON A CLASS “B” FELONY COUNT OF THIRD DEGREE CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE WITH INTENT TO SELL, ARRAIGNED BEFORE A FOWLER JUSTICE, AND SENT TO THE LOCKUP IN CANTON UNTIL A PRELIMINARY FELONY HEARING IN TOWN OF HAMMOND COURT FRIDAY.