Bend man arrested after traffic stop

A sheriff's deputy arrested Lawrence Glen McNeil, 34, of Bend, after the deputy allegedly found drug paraphernalia with drug residue in McNeil's car on Saturday, March 20.

According to sheriff's office reports, the deputy smelled a "strong odor" he believed to be methamphetamine when he approached McNeil's vehicle during a traffic stop.

McNeil was found to be driving with a suspended license and his car was impounded. During the impound inventory search of the car, the deputy allegedly found a glass pipe containing white residue. McNeil allegedly told the deputy that the pipe was his and that he had smoked 1/4 gram of methamphetamine that evening.

The deputy arrested McNeil for driving while suspended and for possession of a controlled substance.