On 08/15/2025, at approximately 10:27pm, a Butler Officer observed a Chevrolet Silverado make multiple traffic violations in the area of Fort Scott Street and Fran Ave.
The Officer conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle in the parking lot of Days Inn where the driver, later identified as Brian Watts exited the vehicle and attempted to walk away from the traffic stop until ordered to come back to the vehicle by the Butler Officer.
Due to Watts being a known drug user with a history of drug charges, the Officer requested that Watts give consent to search the vehicle. Watts denied consent.
K-9 Enzo then conducted a free air sniff of the vehicle and K-9 Enzo alerted. After K-9 Enzo alerted, Officers then searched the vehicle and discovered a glass pipe and a container inside the vehicle that both field tested positive for methamphetamine.
Courtesy Butler Police Department
