LAKE COUNTY, Ind. – Deputies patrolling a northwest Indiana interstate captured a man wanted in Miami-Dade County for child sexual battery and child molestation on Wednesday, authorities announced.
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Authorities said he also had a large stash of drugs in a cooler and a suitcase.
The Lake County, Indiana Sheriff’s Department, just outside of Chicago, announced the arrest of Yohan Ponce Riera, 39, of Ocala, in a Facebook post on Thursday.
Deputies said they pulled over Ponce Riera “for following too closely and failing to maintain the lane of travel” as he drove a Chevrolet Tahoe on Interstate 90.
They said a data search revealed the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office wanted Ponce Riera for child sex crimes.
According to the Facebook post, deputies also found “16 kilos of cocaine and 50 pounds of meth in a cooler and suitcase located inside the vehicle.”
“Federal charges are pending through the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration,” the post states.
Miami-Dade court records show multiple past cases for Ponce Riera, including a 2010 conviction for an armed robbery in Homestead three years prior.