Seat belt checkpoint nets one arrest

: Oxford County Sheriff’s Deputy Josh Wyman, right, questions Steven Roberts Jr., 24, of Mexico, after Deputy Peter Casey, left, handcuffed Roberts after finding Vicodin pills in the lunchbox on the rear seat of his SUV on Thursday. The deputies were conducting a safety checkpoint on Route 108 in Peru. Casey said Roberts was arrested on charges of illegal possession of a drug and trafficking in dangerous knives.

: Oxford County Sheriff’s Deputy Peter Casey searches belongings of Steven Roberts Jr., 24, of Mexico, while a handcuffed Roberts, background, is questioned by Deputy Josh Wyman following a traffic stop Thursday afternoon on Route 108 in Peru. Roberts was arrested on charges of illegal possession of a drug after Casey found Vicodin pills in Roberts’ lunchbox on the backseat, and on charge of trafficking in dangerous knives.

: Oxford County Sheriff’s Deputy Nate Bowie leads Steven Roberts Jr., 24, of Mexico to a cruiser after he was arrested on charges of illegal drug possession and trafficking in dangerous knives Thursday afternoon on Route 108 in Peru. The arrest was the result of a safety checkpoint on the highway, where deputies found Vicodin in Roberts’ lunchbox on the back seat of his SUV.

: Rumford police officer Matthew Desroches conducts a safety check on a vehicle on Route 108 in Peru on Thursday. Several Oxford County deputies worked from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., mainly checking for seat belt use, Oxford County Sheriff’s Sgt. Timothy Holland said.