Man arrested on felony drug distribution charge involving high school student

A 19-year-old man has denied allegations he sold marijuana to a Columbus High School student last month.
Wyatt Lane Robinson, 19, appeared in 22nd Judicial District Court on April 25 and pleaded not guilty to one felony count of distribution of dangerous drugs.
His $50,000 bond amount was then reduced to $2,500 without objection from Deputy Stillwater County Attorney Ryan Addis, who noted Robinson’s age and his lack of a criminal history.
Robinson has since posted that bail, but is required to weekly random drug screenings and must abide by several court imposed restrictions pending the resolution of the case.

THE CASE
According to court documents, on April 16 at approximately 11:35 a.m., Robinson was stopped by Columbus police for driving a vehicle without a front license plate. Columbus Police Officer Kelly Mason “smelled a strong odor of marijuana coming from inside the vehicle” when she approached it and summoned the Stillwater County Sheriff’s Office K-9 team to the scene.
Deputy Randy Smith and his K-9 arrived and Smith reported also smelling marijuana. Robinson said there was nothing illegal in the car and gave permission for it to be searched, according to court documents.
He said a juvenile that he had just dropped off did have a bag of marijuana with him.
A small amount of marijuana was found and seized from Robinson’s vehicle.
In the meantime, in the parking lot of the Columbus High School, Columbus Police Sgt. Jacob Ward located the juvenile whom Robinson said he had just dropped off. Deputy Smith and his K-9, Figo, were summoned to that scene and conducted an exterior sniff of the juvenile’s vehicle.
Figo indicated there were drugs and officers advised the Columbus school superintendent.
The juvenile’s father arrived on scene and gave permission for the vehicle to be searched. A bag containing approximately 6.6 grams of marijuana was found and the juvenile was taken into custody.
On the juvenile’s phone was alleged evidence that showed Robinson sold that bag of marijuana to him, according to court documents.
The charge against Robinson was amended from possession of dangerous drugs to distribution of dangerous drugs.