CRAWFORD COUNTY, MI. On Sunday, September 29, 2024, at approximately 3:50 p.m. a trooper from
the Michigan State Police (MSP) Houghton Lake Post was investigating a vehicle parked on private
property near Wa Wa Sum Drive in Grayling Township. The vehicle was registered to a woman with an
outstanding warrant for her arrest out of Ohio. A man known to the trooper and identified as 48-year-old
Darrell Wayne Curtis from Grayling, was driving with a woman in the passenger seat of his vehicle near
the scene. The trooper knew Curtis’ license was suspended. A traffic stop was made, and the woman
was identified as the owner of the parked vehicle. During a search of Curtis’ vehicle, officers recovered a
scale, over 21 grams of individually packaged methamphetamine labeled with the weight of each
package, empty plastic baggies, and a double-edged knife. Curtis was arrested and lodged in the
Crawford County Jail. The warrant for the woman out of Ohio was non-extraditable.
Curtis was arraigned in the 46th District Court in Crawford County on one count Delivery-Manufacture
Methamphetamine, one count Carrying a Concealed Weapon, and Driving While License Suspended.
His bond was set at $30,000cash surety. His next scheduled court appearance is on October 22, 2024,
at 2:00 p.m.
The trooper was assisted by a deputy from the Crawford County Sheriff’s Office.
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