{"id":87862,"date":"2026-01-15T20:51:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T20:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/87862\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T20:51:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T20:51:13","slug":"pa-man-found-with-10-pounds-of-meth-in-car-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/87862\/","title":{"rendered":"PA man found with 10 pounds of meth in car: Police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BERKS COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) \u2014 A man has been charged in Reading after police say they found approximately 10 pounds of meth in his car.<\/p>\n<p>According to a release, Reading police initiated a traffic stop on Jan. 7 for Joe Richard Jenkins, 54, who had an expired vehicle registration. <\/p>\n<p> Police say Jenkins failed to stop, leading to a pursuit. Jenkins was taken into custody following the pursuit, when police say they subsequently found the drugs inside the vehicle. <\/p>\n<p>The estimated street value of the meth is $227,000, according to release.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This arrest has effectively stopped a massive flow of poison from entering our community and demonstrates the awareness and dedication of Reading Police officers working every day to combat drugs coming into the city,&#8221; the release read.<\/p>\n<p>Jenkins was charged with possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance and for fleeing or attempting to elude an officer. <\/p>\n<p>According to his criminal docket, Jenkins did not post bail. He&#8217;s being confined in Berks County Prison and has a preliminary hearing scheduled for Jan. 23.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BERKS COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) \u2014 A man has been charged in Reading after police say they found approximately&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":87863,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":{"0":"post-87862","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-reading","8":"tag-reading-city","9":"tag-reading-city-headlines","10":"tag-reading-city-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}