BARTON COUNTY — A Kansas man was convicted Friday of possession of methamphetamine and criminal threat in Barton County.

A Great Bend Police officer began a traffic stop and ended up seizing a quantity of drugs from 30-year-old Michael Charles Foster, according to Barton County Attorney Amy Mellor.

After the officer began investigating the traffic matter, he used a drug dog to find what was later determined to be methamphetamine. The officer arrested Foster on the drug charge and took him to jail.

Foster’s troubles continued while being locked up. When he made a comment to one of the jailers about “what would happen if he found the officer (who arrested him) and beat him.” When advised not to speak like that, Foster responded by saying that it – criminal threat – would be his next charge. County Attorney Mellor said, “He was right.”

Both crimes are felonies, according to Mellor.