Lang
5/27/22
A report of multiple subjects riding a moped on Interstate 380 has led to an Iowa City man’s arrest.
The Johnson County Joint Emergency Communication Center received a report of two subjects tying up traffic by riding a moped from I-80 westbound to I-380 northbound just after 2:30 Thursday afternoon. North Liberty Police stopped the moped near the Penn Street exit a short time later. One of the riders, identified as 19-year-old Deshawn Stepter of Dover Street, allegedly smelled of marijuana. A search of his person reportedly turned up baggies of marijuana and psilocybin mushrooms hidden is his groin area as well as a blue container with baggies of white powdery substances that field tested positive for cocaine and methamphetamine.
Stepter is charged with four counts of Possession of a Controlled Substance. If convicted, he faces a maximum of four years in prison.