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Three arrested on drug charges

Photo by Greg Bird Approximatley 16 grams of meth were recovered, along with cash, during a drug arrest early Tuesday morning.

Photo by Greg Bird
Approximately 16 grams of meth were recovered, along with cash, during a drug arrest early Tuesday morning.

Three Tennessee subjects were charged with various drug offenses Tuesday after a traffic stop found 16 grams of crystal methamphetamine in the vehicle.

According to McCreary County Sheriff Randy Waters, Officer Chris King from the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife observed a vehicle driving with a broken headlight and no illumination on the rear license plate on Tunnel Ridge Road in Stearns around 3:00 a.m. Tuesday morning.

Assisting at the scene were Sheriff Waters, Deputies Jerry Meadows, Charles Perry and Milford Creeekmore and U.S. Forest Service Officer Tim Grooms.

Upon making the traffic stop, Officer King observed the driver, identified as Dalton Duncan, 20, of Hellenwood, to be possibly under the influence and performed a field sobriety test on the subject. Two syringes were also located in the vehicle, and the officers started an investigation.

Duncan failed the sobriety test and was placed into custody for Operating a Motor Vehicle Under the Influence 1st Offense, Rear License not Illuminated, One Headlight, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and Trafficking in a Controlled Substance First Offense.
Two passengers, identified as William Cross, 26 and Danielle D. Ross, 28, both of Huntsville, were observed to be possibly under the influence of a controlled substance.

Cross reportedly refused to comply with officer’s orders to exit the vehicle, and resisted attempts to remove him from the car. After a brief struggle he was placed under arrest and handcuffed.

While taking Cross to the Police cruiser, two small bags of what appeared to be methamphetamine fell from his pants.

Cross was charged with Public Intoxication – Controlled Substance, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Resisting Arrest and Trafficking in a Controlled Substance 1st Offense.

Ross was arrested on a charge of Public Intoxication – Controlled Substance.
Approximatley 16 grams of meth were confiscated along with over $110 in cash from the suspects.

This is the fourth meth-related arrest in the past several weeks, including the arrest of a McCreary man in Scott County last month on trafficking charges after Tennessee officers intercepted a major drug shipment headed to Stearns.

Sheriff Waters said he is fulfilling one of his campaign promises to deal with drugs in the county.

“In the past month we have seen several cases involving crystal methamphetamine,” he stated. “Arrests were made in each instance, and we intend to see those cases prosecuted through the Court system.”

“I promised the citizens of McCreary County I would do everything in my power to investigate cases of drug trafficking and use and to arrest anyone found to be in possession of illegal narcotics.”

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