Bail has been set at $200,000 for a 32-year-old Carlinville man who failed to appear in Jefferson County Court Tuesday on multiple drug and weapons charges.
Ryan Smith is facing two Class X felony charges of armed violence, a Class 2 felony charge of delivery of less than 5 grams of meth, and Class 3 felony delivery of a non-narcotic controlled substance.
He was arrested during a December traffic stop when Mt Vernon police officers reportedly located a loaded pistol, meth, Schedule IV narcotics, packaging materials, a weighing scale, ammunition, and drug paraphernalia. Additionally, a vehicle and currency were seized pending forfeiture.
At the time of his arrest, Smith was free on $5,000 cash bond from Clinton County where he is facing nine drug-related charges in Clinton County stemming from an October traffic stop.
In that case he was charged with Class X felony delivery of between 15 and 100 grams of meth, two Class 1 felony charges, one for the manufacture with the intent to deliver cocaine and one for the manufacture with the intent to deliver heroin, two counts Class 3 possession of Schedule 4 narcotics, Two counts possession Scheduled 1 and 2 narcotics, Class 4 felony delivery of between 10 and 30 grams of cannabis, and misdemeanor possession of hypodermic syringe.
Since posting $10,000 cash bond and being released in Jefferson County, Smith has been arrested in Bond County charges including Class X delivery of between 15 and 100 grams of meth, Class 1 felony possessing between 15 and 100 grams of meth and intent to deliver between 1 and 15 grams of Fentanyl.
He’s been held in the Bond County Jail since his January 12 arrest.