Drug investigation yields marijuana, cocaine seizure

A 22-year-old Bloomington man was arrested Thursday night on drug charges after a traffic stop during an ongoing narcotics investigation. \nNehemiah Grimes, 22, told police he was dealing cocaine after a search of his apartment turned over about 5 grams of the substance, along with scales and four guns.\nGrimes and three others were arrested when Grimes' vehicle was pulled over Thursday night at the intersection of 10th Street and the 45/46 bypass. During the arrest, police found Grimes with marijuana and a large amount of cash.\nOfficers then served a search warrant for Grimes' residence in the 300 block of East 19th Street.\nGrimes was preliminarily charged with dealing cocaine, possession of cocaine and possession of marijuana. The dealing charge is a class B felony. \nAccording to the police report, Grimes admitted that he had been selling the drug.\nThree other passengers in the car were also charged. Stephanie Cruz, 20, was charged with maintaining a common nuisance and Jessica Stinson, 22, and Montel Caldwell, 23, both face preliminary charges of visiting a common nuisance.\nAll four were booked into Monroe County Jail Thursday night.\n

Best Buy alerts police to possible child porn case

\nBloomington Police seized a computer being worked on at Best Buy after a representative from the store alerted police it might contain child pornography.\nAccording to the police report, the Best Buy employee believed the material could be illegal based on the names of the files and a female pictured in the photographs.\nPolice took the computer as evidence at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, but as of Sunday afternoon, had not begun the investigation. BPD Sgt. Mick Williams said the investigation would likely take place later this week.\nWilliams said it is not uncommon for stores working on computers to inform the police if something suspicious or illegal turns up.\n"Usually, (the user) gets a virus from downloading images," he said. "Then, when they get it fixed, the service finds what the virus is attached to and say this something we need to report. We take it from there"