Flomaton man arrested

A Flomaton man remains in the Covington County Jail after being found asleep in his truck early last Thursday morning with a pipe in his lap.

William Jeffrey Geck, 53, 212 North Vanhoosen Road, was charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine), unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia, carrying a pistol without a permit and two counts of failure to appear.

According to reports from the Covington County Drug Task Force, Geck was found sleeping in a passenger truck on Highway 29 South near Andalusia. When officers approached they noticed the pipe in his lap.

He...