Just days after having a jury trial date set for one of his seven outstanding felony cases in Marion County, a 31-year-old Centralia man has been arrested for alleged possession of a controlled substance in Clinton County.

Centralia police arrested TJ Howard and 31-year-old Chelsea Howard over the weekend for alleged possession of a controlled substance.

They were both transported to the Clinton County Jail where they await the formal filing of charges and the setting of bail.

TJ Howard made headlines in 2016 after he posted $25,000 cash bond on his seventh outstanding felony case in Marion County which brought his total bond posted that year to $58,000.

That amount increased in 2017, however, when Howard was arrested on new charges and posted $7,500 bond for release.

According to Marion County court records, most of that more than $65,000 was ordered forfeited to the county after he failed to appear in court.

TJ Howard was eventually located and arrested in California. He was returned to Marion County with bail set at $150,000. Chelsea Howard posted $15,000 cash bond in early June to secure his release.

He’s scheduled to be tried July 16 in Marion County court on a case charging him with two counts aggravated fleeing and eluding police and two counts driving while license suspended or revoked – all four counts are Class 4 felonies.

The other six felony and four DUI cases will be tried separately.