A Storm Lake man remains in custody on a more than $20,000 bond following his arrest Tuesday on multiple drug charges. According to the Storm Lake Police Department, officers conducted a routine traffic stop at approximately 11 a.m. in the 500 block of W. 8th Street. The department’s K-9 unit alerted to the presence of narcotics and the driver, identified as 31-year-old Joel Angelo Rivera, was arrested without incident after authorities located marijuana, methamphetamine and cocaine in the car along with drug paraphernalia. Rivera was booked into the Buena Vista County jail and charged with three counts of third-offense possession of a controlled substance and failure to affix a drug tax stamp, class D felonies, and possession of drug paraphernalia, a simple misdemeanor. As of Wednesday morning, Rivera remained in custody on a $20,300 bond.
