Published: February 26, 2020

A TRAFFIC STOP IN CLIFTON OVER THE WEEKEND RESULTED IN A DRUG ARREST. ACCORDING TO MEDIA SOURCES, AN OFFICER WITH THE CLIFTON POLICE DEPARTMENT INITIATED A TRAFFIC STOP SUNDAY AFTER OBSERVING A VEHICLE DRIVE LEFT OF THE CENTER LINE. THE DRIVER, IDENTIFIED AS KENNETH RAY MERCER, 56, OF SAVANNAH, GAVE THE OFFICER A FAKE NAME AND BIRTH DATE AND WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY FOR CRIMINAL IMPERSONATION. A SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE YIELDED A SMALL AMOUNT OF MARIJUANA, A GLASS PIPE CONTAINING MARIJUANA RESIDUE AND A PACKAGE OF SUBOXONE STRIPS WAS FOUND INSIDE MERCER'S WALLET. MERCER WAS ARRESTED AND BOOKED INTO THE WAYNE COUNTY JAIL.