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What started as a "routine traffic stop" ended with a drug, hit-and-run arrest in Burlington

Rodney Wade Jr., who was the passenger, had crack, marijuana, digital scales and a stolen firearm on him, deputies said.
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BURLINGTON, N.C. — A Burlington man is in jail on a nearly $100,00 bond after a routine traffic stop.

Deputies stopped a vehicle Thursday just before 2 p.m. in the 5600 block of Snow Camp Rd. A K9 sniffed out contraband during the stop, according to deputies. Rodney Eric Wade Jr., 36, who was the passenger, had crack, marijuana, digital scales and a stolen firearm, deputies said.

Wade was also wanted by the Burlington Police Department for a hit-and-run.

He was arrested and taken to the Alamance County Detention Center. Wade is charged with:

  • Felony possession with intent to sell distribute cocaine
  • Felony possession with intent to sell distribute marijuana
  • Felony possession of stolen firearm
  • Felony possession of firearm by felon
  • Misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia

 He was also served with two felony warrants from the Burlington Police Department for felony hit-and-run.

Wade’s bond is set at 95,500.

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