Florida man charged after 66 pounds of cocaine found in Indiana traffic stop
QUICKLY ON SUNDAY. THIS IS NEWS FIVE TODAY, LEADING THE WAY. WE DO HAVE A LOT OF BREAKING NEWS TO GET TO THIS MORNING, INCLUDING THAT DEADLY FIRE IN COVINGTON, COCO ANCHOR KELLY RIPPIN LIVE FOR US THERE, GATHERING INFORMATION THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. GOOD MORNING TO YOU. I’M MEGAN MITCHELL STEVEN ALBRITTON. THANKS FOR JOINING US. HAVE TO START WITH THE WEATHER METEOROLOGIST RANDI RICO WITH THE FORECAST. RANDI. WE ARE WARMING UP INTO THE WEEKEND. I MEAN 70. SOUND GOOD? SOUNDS FANTASTIC. I THINK SO, RIGHT? IT WILL BE WARM. ASTERISK THERE. IT WILL ALSO BE WINDY. I DON’T THINK THERE WILL BE TOO MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THAT. BUT JUST A HEADS UP. ESPECIALLY IF YOU WANT TO DECORATE OUTSIDE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THE WINDS WILL BE NOTICEABLE TOMORROW. RIGHT NOW. YOU’LL NOTICE IT’S NOT AS COLD. WE’RE STARTING OUT IN THE UPPER 30S TO RIGHT AROUND 40 DEGREES 42. IN CINCINNATI. HEAD NORTH. DEFINITELY COOLER OUTSIDE OF THE 275 LOOP, BUT ALL IN ALL PRETTY MANAGEABLE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. WE’LL HAVE SOME CLOUDS ROLLING IN TODAY, AND TEMPERATURES THAT ARE HEADED UP INTO THE LOW 60S ACROSS GREATER CINCINNATI. SO AS WE LOOK AT THE 12 HOUR FORECAST, CLEAR EARLY. 39 OR 40 DEGREES HERE AS WE WAIT FOR THE SUN TO COME UP BY NOON. WE’RE IN THE UPPER 50S, AND THEN WE CLOUD UP THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE AFTERNOON. THAT’S ACTUALLY A REALLY GOOD THING. BY 6:00 WE’RE AT 58, BUT WITH CLOUDY SKIES, THOSE TEMPERATURES DON’T TANK. TONIGHT. IT WILL ACTUALLY BE PRETTY COMFORTABLE INTO THE EVENING AND NEAR 70 ON SATURDAY, BUT VERY WINDY. ALL THE TIMELINE FOR WHEN WE GET THE STRONGEST GUSTS AND SOME SHOWERS ON SATURDAY EVENING. COMING UP. MEGAN. ALL RIGHT, RANDY THANK YOU. AND BREAKING RIGHT NOW INVESTIGATORS ARE WORKING TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT WHAT STARTED A FIRE THAT KILLED ONE PERSON EARLY THIS MORNING IN COVINGTON. THIS FORCED NEIGHBORS TO EVACUATE. ALL OF IT HAPPENING THERE ALONG GERRARD STREET BETWEEN 18TH AND 19TH IN COVINGTON. OUR COANCHOR KELLY RIPPIN LIVE FOR US THERE NOW. KELLY CREWS HAVE ALREADY BEEN OUT THERE FOR SEVERAL HOURS. YEAH, THIS HAPPENED JUST AFTER ABOUT 130 THIS MORNING. AND NOW THINGS ARE IN THE INVESTIGATION PHASE. BUT AT ONE POINT THERE WERE ABOUT 30 FIREFIGHTERS, MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS WHO WERE HERE TACKLING THAT FIRE. AND NOW THIS MORNING WE HAVE NEIGHBORS COMING OUT UNDERSTANDABLY UPSET, VISIBLY UPSET, TALKING ABOUT HOW THIS COMMUNITY IS SO CLOSE AND HOW THEY WANT TO STEP UP AND HELP THEIR NEIGHBORS, LEARNING THAT THIS IS IN FACT A DEADLY FIRE. SO SPEAKING OF THE CLOSE KNIT COMMUNITY, WE HAD A NEIGHBOR THAT ACTUALLY SHARED SURVEILLANCE CAMERA VIDEO WITH US OF AN EXPLOSION THAT HAPPENED AS THAT FIRE WAS ALREADY BURNING. YOU CAN HEAR THE AUDIBLE REACTION FROM THE NEIGHBORS THERE. A SCARY, SCARY MOMENT. NOW, WE DO NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE PERSON WHO DIED IN THIS FIRE. WE DO KNOW ANOTHER PERSON WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH MINOR INJURIES, AND TWO NEIGHBORING HOMES ALSO HAD TO BE EVACUATED AS A PRECAUTION, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE WAS GOING TO BE SAFE. AND NOW CREWS ARE WORKING TO GET THEM ALL BACK IN THEIR HOMES. IT’S OBVIOUSLY A COLD MORNING OUT HERE. THERE’S SOME PRETTY CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO THAT HOME, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE. AND THE FIRE CHIEF SAYS AS FAR AS THE EXPLOSION GOES, THEY’RE NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED THERE. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE WAS SOME TYPE OF EXPLOSION OR SOME TYPE OF ACTION THAT HAPPENED EARLY ON WHEN CREWS ARRIVED. WE’RE STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION OF WHAT THAT ACTUALLY WAS. IF IT TRULY WAS AN EXPLOSION OR IF IT WAS SOMETHING ELSE THAT HAPPENED. YES. AND THEY’VE BEEN IN AND OUT OF THAT HOME THIS MORNING. THEY’VE GOT ALL THE HOSES WRAPPED UP NOW, BUT THEY’VE BEEN IN AND OUT. AND AGAIN, WE JUST HAD A NEIGHBOR COME UP WHO HAD TEARS IN HER EYES AND SHE SAID, YOU KNOW, I MOVED HERE 12 YEARS AGO, SAID I WAS GOING TO LEAVE AFTER THE FIRST WINTER BECAUSE I WAS SO COLD. 12 YEARS LATER, I LOVE THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. I LOVE THIS COMMUNITY. AND THAT’S CERTAINLY THE SENTIMENT BEING FELT BY THE PEOPLE OUT HERE THIS MORNING. SO AGAIN, A DEADLY FIRE. MUCH MORE TO COME THIS MORNING AS THEY WORK TO DETERMINE WHAT HAPPENED. WE ARE LIVE IN COVINGTON, KELLY RIPPIN WLWT NEWS FIVE. KELLY THANK YOU. AND WE’LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR ANY BREAKING DEVELOPMENTS THROUGHOUT THE MORNING ON THIS. BRING ANY OF THOSE UPDATES ON AIR AND ONLINE AT WLWT.COM. 604 ALSO BREAKING THIS MORNING, TWO PEOPLE ARE DEAD AFTER A SWAT RESPONSE IN ADAMS COUNTY. THIS STARTED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON WHEN DEPUTIES DID A WELFARE CHECK FOR A WOMAN ON WINTERSTEIN RUN ROAD. THEY FOUND A PERSON DEAD WITH WHAT APPEARED TO BE HEAD TRAUMA. DEPUTIES THEN TRIED TO MAKE CONTACT WITH A SECOND PERSON AT A NEARBY HOME. THAT’S WHEN THEY HEARD A GUNSHOT FROM INSIDE. SWAT WAS CALLED IN, AND WHEN OFFICERS DID GET INSIDE, THEY FOUND A PERSON DEAD FROM A GUNSHOT WOUND. OFFICIALS TELL US THERE’S NO THREAT TO THE PUBLIC AT THIS TIME. THE OHIO BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION IS ASSISTING THE ADAMS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE WITH THE INVESTIGATION. RIGHT NOW, THE GOVERNMENT IS SLOWLY RESUMING BACK TO NORMAL AFTER THE LONGEST SHUTDOWN IN U.S. HISTORY. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF FURLOUGHED FEDERAL WORKERS NOW DIGGING OUT OF A SIX WEEK BACKLOG AND ABOUT 1.4 MILLION EMPLOYEES STILL HAVE NOT BEEN PAID. MANY OF THEM MISSING TWO FULL PAYCHECKS. CNN REPORTS THAT SOME COULD SEE PARTIAL PAY AS EARLY AS MONDAY WITHOUT FULL BACK PAY BY NEXT FRIDAY. THE TIMELINES ON THAT DO VARY BY AGENCY. MEANWHILE, FLIGHT DISRUPTIONS CONTINUE AFTER THE FAA ORDERED A 6% CUT ON AIR TRAFFIC. AIRLINES DO EXPECT THOSE NORMAL OPERATIONS ONCE SAFETY METRICS IMPROVE, LIKELY BEFORE THANKSGIVING. HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY KRISTI NOEM SAYS THAT TSA AGENTS WHO, QUOTE, WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND WILL GET A $10,000 BONUS. IT IS STILL UNCLEAR HOW MANY WILL RECEIVE IT OR HOW THAT’S BEING FUNDED. RELIEF IS ALSO ON THE WAY FOR OHIOANS WHO RELY ON SNAP. CNN REPORTS THAT FULL BENEFITS COULD BE RESTORED BY MONDAY. THOUSANDS OF HAMILTON COUNTY RESIDENTS ONLY RECEIVE PARTIAL PAYMENTS THIS WEEK, BUT A NEW USDA DIRECTIVE IS PUSHING FOR 100% BENEFITS TO GO OUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THE 43 DAY SHUTDOWN STRAINED FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS WITH LOCAL CHURCHES, PANTRIES, FOOD BANKS ALL TRYING TO FILL THE GAPS. ONE MOUNT HEALTHY CHURCH IS TEAMING UP WITH THE 503 RELIEF BUS TO DISTRIBUTE FOOD TO FAMILIES THAT ARE STILL WAITING FOR THOSE FULL SNAP PAYMENTS DURING THE SHUTDOWN. WE’VE BEEN HAVING REGULAR PANTRIES EVERY FRIDAY, JUST A PART OF OUR NORMAL OUTREACH PROGRAM, BUT WE DOUBLED UP WHERE WE HAD AT LEAST 2 OR 3 PANTRIES A WEEK. THIS WEEK ALONE, WE’VE DONE ONE A PANTRY IN DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND SO WE’VE BEEN BUSY. WE’VE BEEN HELPING TO MAKE SURE WE’RE SEEING FAMILIES FED AND THAT NO CHILD IS LEFT HUNGRY. AND THIS WILL BE HELD FROM 10 TO 2 ALONG COMPTON ROAD IN MOUNT HEALTHY TODAY. SCHOOL LEADERS ACROSS HAMILTON COUNTY ARE SOUNDING THE ALARM OVER EFFORTS TO OVERHAUL OHIO’S PROPERTY TAXES. AS WE’VE TOLD YOU BEFORE, ONE PROPOSAL WOULD ELIMINATE THEM ENTIRELY. WLWT NEWS FIVE’S TODD TODD — IS LIVE AT CINCINNATI PUBLIC SCHOOLS HEADQUARTERS. TODD. THIS WARNING IS COMING STRAIGHT FROM THE SUPERINTENDENTS. IT IS. STEVEN. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE. AS WE ALL KNOW, PROPERTY TAXES, HOMEOWNERS CERTAINLY FEELING THE SQUEEZE, BUT SCHOOL DISTRICTS WORRIED AS WELL. ALL THE LEADERS OF ALL 22 HAMILTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS SIGNED ONTO A LETTER SHARING THEIR CONCERNS. 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Florida man charged after 66 pounds of cocaine found in Indiana traffic stop
Updated: 8:51 AM EST Nov 14, 2025
A Florida man is facing charges after a traffic stop in Indiana led officers to discover 66 pounds of cocaine.Jordon Lanier, 25, has been charged with dealing cocaine and possession of marijuana.It all unfolded when he was stopped for speeding in Fort Wayne, Indiana.During the stop a department K9 performed an “open-air sniff” and alerted to the presence of narcotics.When police searched the truck, they found a compartment allegedly containing 30 individually packages kilos of cocaine. Police say the street value is estimated between $600,000 and $800,000.Lanier faces up to 30 years in prison if found guilty.
FORT WAYNE, Ind. —
A Florida man is facing charges after a traffic stop in Indiana led officers to discover 66 pounds of cocaine.
Jordon Lanier, 25, has been charged with dealing cocaine and possession of marijuana.
It all unfolded when he was stopped for speeding in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
During the stop a department K9 performed an “open-air sniff” and alerted to the presence of narcotics.
When police searched the truck, they found a compartment allegedly containing 30 individually packages kilos of cocaine. Police say the street value is estimated between $600,000 and $800,000.
Lanier faces up to 30 years in prison if found guilty.