Caribou County Sheriffs find drugs and money during traffic stop

A press release from Sheriff Mabey’s office in Caribou County reads: 

“On August 12, 2025, at about 4pm, Caribou County Sheriff’s Deputy McKay O’Niel initiated a traffic stop on a 2014 Dodge Charger near Mile Post 410 on US Hwy 30. The Charger was traveling at 96 mph in a 65 mph zone. The driver of the Charger was identified as Jonathan Childress, age 33, from Texas. 

During the course of the traffic stop, and while questioning Childress about the strong odor of marijuana coming from the interior of the vehicle, Childress told Deputy O’Niel that he had a warrant for his arrest out of Wyoming for marijuana possession. The warrant was found to be non-extraditable, but Deputy O’Niel was able to obtain consent to search the vehicle. During the search of the vehicle, illegal substances and paraphernalia were located, along with $45,000.00 in cash, vacuum sealed and concealed. 

Officers from the Soda Springs police department, to include the SSPD drug detection K-9, assisted in the investigation.

During the investigation, it was learned that the money was associated with the drugs.

Childress was booked into the Caribou County Sheriff’s Detention Facility on charges of Possession of Fentanyl, Possession of Methamphetamine, Possession of Marijuana and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.

The Caribou County Sheriff’s Office, along with all our law enforcement partners in Idaho, will continue to aggressively address the epidemic of drugs in our communities.

Together we can make a difference.”