HADLEY — A Shutesbury man who led police on a short foot chase into the woods behind the Norwottuck Shops Friday was arrested for having outstanding warrants before police discovered drugs in his car.
Philip H. Jacobsen, 21, of 78 Pelham Hill Road, Shutesbury, pleaded innocent Monday in Eastern Hampshire District Court to charges of possessing a class D substance (marijuana) with intent to distribute, possession of a class B substance (cocaine), possession of a class E substance (oxycodone), violating an abuse prevention order and intimidating a witness.
According to Officer Adam Bartlett, at 2 p.m., he was traveling along Rte. 9 when he reportedly saw Jacobsen yelling and pointing his finger in a crying woman’s face in front of the Norwottuck Shops. When Jacobsen noticed Bartlett pull in to help the woman, he reportedly fled into a wooded area behind the building. The woman reportedly told police he had several outstanding warrants and was violating an abuse prevention order by contacting her.
After officer Bartlett and officer Mitchell Kuc located Jacobsen inside Loonar Tatoo and placed him under arrest, they reportedly found a large amount of marijuana and smaller amounts of cocaine and oxycodone in his car.
“We have sent the marijuana off to a lab to be weighed and analyzed so we don’t have any official numbers on how much there was,” Kuc said Monday. “ But I can tell you it was much more than an ounce.”
Judge John Payne Jr. ordered Jacobsen held on $5,000 bail and he is scheduled to reappear for a pretrial hearing on July 9.
— OWEN BOSS
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