Mar 06, 2026

Driver was transporting cocaine in Kansas, had illegal car tag

Posted Mar 06, 2026 1:00 AM
Gehring photo Atchison Co.
Gehring photo Atchison Co.

ATCHISON COUNTY—Law enforcement are investigating a suspect on multiple allegations after a traffic stop. 

Just after 4p.m. Wednesday.an officer on patrol conducted a traffic stop of a Ford Taurus for a traffic violation in the 700 block North 11th Street in Atchison, according to Police Chief Mike Wilson.

The driver, 48-year-old William Gehring of Kansas City, Missouri, was found to be in possession of illegal drugs and was transporting an open container.

Police arrested him on requested charges of possession of cocaine, possession of methamphetamine, possession of marijuana, transporting an open container, and illegal use of vehicle tag.