A traffic stop in Newton led to the arrest of Mark Daniel Swartout, as authorities seized suspected meth and a handgun, underscoring local anti-drug efforts.

Federal jurors say an RPD officer fabricated the reason for a 2019 traffic stop, leading to an arrest that kept a man jailed more than a year.

The Fourth Amendment protects us from being stopped, searched or detained by police without good reason. But over the years, courts have dramatically weakened those protections when it comes to cars ...