Florence man arrested in Douglas County

Authorities say it was just a “routine traffic stop”, but it wound up with the arrest of a Florence man early Tuesday morning. A Douglas County Sheriff’s deputy stopped a vehicle driven by 26-year old Samuel Ferguson on Highway 101 in Gardiner, just north of Reedsport. Ferguson ultimately wound up arrested for Driving Under the Influence, but a search of his car found methamphetamine as well as material usually associated with the sale and distribution of the drug. Police also recovered property that they say had been stolen in a residential burglary in Lane County.