A Bloomfield man arrested yesterday is accused of felony meth possession and driving while suspended. He’s being held without bond pending his court appearance tomorrow morning.

Charles William Proctor, 48, Bloomfield, was arrested by Deputy Marshal Brittany Ingram of the Bloomfield Police Department yesterday, Sunday, April 11. He was booked in at 8:17 p.m.

Proctor has two new cases pending against him. He was taken into custody on a warrant for his arrest that was issued in one case involving a felony. In the other, he’s being summoned to appear in court on a misdemeanor charge.

The felony case came about following a traffic stop around 12:21 p.m. on Tuesday, March 16. ISP Senior Trooper Richard Klun, the investigating officer, and Trooper Ben Burris were on patrol together along with Klun’s K-9 Loki near State Road 45/58 and US 231 when they conducted a random vehicle registration check on the vehicle in front of them. They determined the vehicle’s license plate belonged to a gold 2001 GMC but it was on a silver Ford F-150.

While they were waiting on a return of info from a records check, the truck turned onto Scotland Newberry Road and the troopers followed. When the truck stopped in a driveway and the driver and a passenger got out and were walking away, troopers gave a verbal command for them to stop.

Proctor was the driver who told Trooper Burris he had a driver’s license in the truck and a handgun in a pocket. The handgun was placed on the driver’s seat and Proctor retrieved his license. Proctor did not have proper registration for the vehicle and allegedly said the plate belonged to one of his wife’s vehicles. A status check on his license returned as suspended and he had a previous citation for driving while suspended.

Proctor consented to a search of the truck and Trooper Klun reported finding a corner baggie with a white crystal substance in a storage area near the driver’s seat. Proctor allegedly said he did not know what it was and he wanted fingerprints and DNA taken from the bag to prove it was not his. Trooper Klun told Proctor the substance would be sent to a lab for testing and information sent to the prosecutor’s office. Results of a field-test showed the substance was methamphetamine.

A criminal case was filed against Proctor last week and a warrant issued for his arrest on preliminary charges of possession of methamphetamine, a Level 6 felony, and driving while suspended – a knowing violation with a prior conviction within 10 years, a Class A misdemeanor.

Proctor is being held without bond pending court appearance which is set for tomorrow morning in Greene Superior Court.

The misdemeanor case came about during an investigation on Tuesday, March 23, into another case led by Greene County Sheriff’s Deputy James Carpenter who was looking for a man he thought might be staying at Proctor’s residence. Assisted by GCSD Det. Shawn Cullison, the two pulled into Proctor’s driveway and did not see the vehicle they were looking for. But while they were there, Proctor arrived in a silver Kia Soul and asked what the deputies wanted. They didn’t locate the man they were looking for, but after they left, Det. Cullison learned Proctor’s driver’s license was suspended.

Another criminal case was filed last week on a preliminary charge of driving while suspended – a knowing violation with a prior conviction within 10 years, a Class A misdemeanor. In this case, a summons was issued ordering Proctor to appear at an initial hearing in May.