Alaska State Troopers responded to a REDDI (Report Every Dangerous Driver Immediately) report on Knik Goose Bay near Settlers Bay on Saturday.

When they arrived at the scene, they found a 1996 Dodge pickup parked in the roadway.

Upon contact, they identified the driver as 58-year-old William Carter of Nikiski. Carter was found to be driving under the influence. A quick check of his history would find that Carter was found to have multiple prior DUIs in multiple states.

Carter was arrested and transported to the Mat-Su Pretrial Facility in Palmer on Felony DUI charges, where he was remanded and his bail set at $5,000 and a Court Approved Third Party.

Following Carter’s remand, troopers did a routine check  of their in-vehicle video and that video revealed that during transport to Mat-Su, Carter had concealed a bindle of Methamphetamine in the back of the patrol car. The Methamphetamine was recovered and booked in as evidence.

Carter was still in custody at Mat-Su. As a result of the trooper’s discovery, Carter was additionally charged with Misconduct Involving a Controlled Substance IV and Tampering with Physical Evidence.

Additional bail in the amount of $7,500 was set.

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