July 26, 2017 - The driver of a vehicle involved in two crashes on the same day was arrested following the discovery of drug paraphernalia Friday, July 21, 2017.
Earlier in the day around 10:30am the Center Police Department (CPD) was contacted about a minor traffic incident from which the driver of a Lincoln Continental fled on Hurst Street. The driver of the second vehicle, a Ford King Ranch driven by Kenneth Campbell, followed the vehicle until CPD officers were able to make contact with the other driver at the intersection of Nacogdoches Street and Hurst Street.
Following an investigation of the incident, the driver of the Lincoln was issued a citation and everyone left the scene.
Later in the evening on the same day, CPD officers responded to a crash incident on Loop 500 to what turned out to be the same Lincoln from the crash earlier in the day. At 8pm a 2001 black Lincoln Continental driven by Brian Buesteton, 33, of Green Valley, Az. was eastbound on Loop 500 when the driver advised as he was approaching Few Ready-Mix Concrete Co. he heard a popping sound and lost control and hit the guardrail.
After colliding with the guardrail, the Lincoln came to a halt in the middle of the westbound traffic lane, facing south.
While performing an inventory of the vehicle CPD officers Steve Thornburgh and Brian Wright discovered drug paraphernalia in the Lincoln.
Buesteton was arrested at the scene and charged with possession of drug paraphernalia.
