A routine traffic stop for a questionable license plate resulted in the arrest of two people last Friday night.

Bradley Joseph DeFord, 39, and Jami Nichole Foster, 32, both of Bloomfield, were arrested on Friday night, November 8, by Deputy Marshal Jordan Allor of the Bloomfield Police Department.

Officer Allor initiated a traffic stop south of Bloomfield last Friday night on a black 1989 Oldsmobile sedan with a suspicious license plate – turned out it belonged to a different vehicle.

Jami Foster was the driver. DeFord was one of two back seat passengers.

A records check on Foster revealed her driver’s license was suspended in 2015 and not eligible for re-instatement.

Foster was arrested and booked into the Greene County Jail where her bond was set at $1,000 surety with ten percent cash allowed. She posted $100 and was released. When she appeared in court yesterday for an initial hearing, she was charged with driving while suspended – a knowing violation with a prior conviction within 10 years, a Class A misdemeanor.

Officer Allor asked for ID from two other passengers and discovered one passenger had an active protective order, a no-contact order, against the other passenger, DeFord. The order was issued at the end of August in a court case in Monroe County.

After Greene County Sheriff’s Deputy Alan Jackson arrived on the scene to assist, DeFord was asked to exit the vehicle then was taken into custody for violating the no-contact order. DeFord was found to have a syringe in a back pocket.

Officer Allor reported that the syringe field-tested positive for the presence of methamphetamine.

Deford was initially held without bond but when he was in court for his initial hearing yesterday, November 14, bond was set at $15,000 surety with ten percent cash allowed. He posted $1,500 and was released.

He has been charged with:

• Possession of methamphetamine, a Level 6 felony,

• Unlawful possession of a syringe, a Level 6 felony, and

• Invasion of privacy in violation of a protective order, a Class A misdemeanor.