K-9 leads officer to dozens of pills, other drugs during Marietta traffic stop

MARIETTA, Ga. - Police in Marietta are crediting one of their K-9 officers with major drug bust during a traffic stop over the weekend. Two people were arrested following that stop.

The driver, Edrichus Sykes, 44, of Atlanta, was arrested Sunday evening on 12 felony and two misdemeanor charges. His passenger, Desire Scarpa, 37, of Suwanee, was also arrested for cocaine and felony possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

Marietta police said Officer Aaron Johnson pulled over a 2014 F-150 Ford pickup truck driven by Sykes on Franklin Gateway after the license plate came up as being suspended. First, the officer discovered methamphetamine in his pocket, police said.

Police then had K-9 officer Atos sniff around the truck after Officer Johnson said he smelled marijuana. Atos alerted his handler to the presence of drugs.

"We found multiple bags of heroin, meth, multiple bags of cocaine, marijuana. There were also psilocybin mushrooms, ketamine, multiple packages of fentanyl, just about everything you can imagine was in the vehicle," said Officer Johnson.

Police pulled out 40 psilocybin mushrooms, three crack pipes, seven bags containing 12 grams total of crack cocaine, three bags of methamphetamine, four bags of heroin, four fentanyl patches, three digital scales, 32 grams of marijuana, five MDMA pills, one bag of brown crystals suspected to be ketamine, 19 clonazepam pills, five cetirizine pills, four methocarbamol pills, one sevelamer carbonate pill, 14 diphenhydramine pills, nine zolpidem pills, one hydrocodone pill, seven oxycodone pills, 11 tramadol pills, one Trazadone pill, two sumatriptan pills, 39 quetiapine pills, four sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim pills, one guaifenesin pill, four dextroamphetamine pills, and an additional 15 unidentified pills.

Police said they also found a Smith and Wesson revolver, Glock 36, and Hi-Point C9 Rifle.

"Digital scales for weighing the products, a couple of hundred dollars, 4 guns. Definitely seemed like they were selling," said Officer Johnson.

Scarpa was also searched and police said they found two bags of crack cocaine and a Hi-Point C9 pistol.

Officer Johnson praised his partner for his good work.

"He did great he always does he's never been wrong," said Officer Johnson.

Both were booked into the Cobb County jail. Sykes was given a $50,000 bond and Scarpa received a $10,000 bond.

Marietta police K-9 handlers constantly train with their dogs. They're always looking for new places to train to give the dogs exposure to different environments.  Anyone who has a business or warehouse in the city of Marietta, that that they would allow them to train in, give them a call.