Driver Charged With Multiple Felonies After Routine Traffic Stop

On Wednesday April 6, 2022 at 5:01 p.m., Deputies with the Sheriff’s Office Special Operations Unit conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle displaying a fictitious registration. The traffic stop was in the 5400blk of Thompson Mill Rd. in southern Alamance Co.  During the stop, a K9 was utilized and gave a positive alert for contraband. A search of the vehicle was conducted resulting in the discovery 34.18 grams of Methamphetamine.

The driver, Michael Thomas Hickox, was arrested and taken before a Magistrate at the Alamance County Detention Center.

Name:             Michael Thomas Hickox        W/M/54

Address:          213 E. Kime St., Burlington NC

Charges:          1ct: Felony Trafficking Methamphetamine

2cts: Felony Possess with intent manufacture sell distribute Methamphetamine  

1ct: Felony Maintaining vehicle/dwelling distribute Methamphetamine

1ct: Misdemeanor Possession of drug Paraphernalia

Bond:              $100,000.00 secure