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Loud music leads to arrest of alleged meth trafficker

By Seth Burkett
DAILY Staff Writer
sburkett@decaturdaily.com · 340-2355

A noise ordinance violation sent an alleged methamphetamine trafficker to jail Friday, Decatur police said.

Decatur police officers who heard loud music coming from a car in the parking lot of the Texaco on Sixth Avenue Northeast at Church Street found something much more criminal going on when they stopped to cite the owner, according to Lt. Chris Mathews, a police spokesman.

The officers found about 94 grams of meth packaged for sale inside the car after the
driver failed to cooperate with police at about 8:40 a.m., Mathews said.

When officer Sal Jasso tried to pat down the driver, Ryan Patrick Seamon, Seamon struck Jasso and tried to flee, Mathews said.

"He used his elbow to hit him in the chest, but it didn't injure him," said Mathews.

A struggle ensued between Seamon and officers Jasso and Brad Haggard. The officers used pepper spray to gain control of the man, Mathews said.

They arrested Seamon on charges of violating the noise ordinance, harassment and resisting arrest.

During a search of the vehicle, the officers found more than 3 ounces of meth, Mathews said, resulting in a drug trafficking charge against Seamon.

Seamon, 30, of 933 Cullman County 335, Crane Hill, remained in the city jail awaiting transfer to the Morgan County Jail on Friday. Bond had yet to be set on the trafficking charge. Bond on other charges will be $1,500.

Trafficking in meth is a class A felony and carries a mandatory three-year prison term and a $50,000 fine, Mathews said. If Seamon is found guilty of the charges against him, he could face 10 to 99 years of imprisonment or a life sentence.