Man arrested twice in same week on multiple drug charges

ALPENA — A downstate man is facing drug charges in not one, but two different counties after he was arrested twice in the same week.

According to our sister station WBKB, Cody Schmidt, 24, of Alpena was arrested February 1st on a cocaine charge, after a relative found him not acting normally.

Prior to that, Schmidt was arrested in downstate Bay County after police found him unconscious in his vehicle on I-75. Officers found a tray of white powder residue on his lap and a loaded pistol in the vehicle.

Schmidt is scheduled to be arraigned in Bay County Wednesday on four felony charges, including possession of narcotics.