{"id":41725,"date":"2024-11-15T09:56:15","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T14:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/?p=41725"},"modified":"2024-11-19T08:06:46","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T13:06:46","slug":"p15-11-14-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/news\/p15-11-14-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Kentucky State Police Investigation Leads to Drug Trafficking Arrests"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>BURKESVILLE, Ky.<\/strong> <strong>(November 14, 2024)<\/strong> \u2013 In the early morning hours of November 14, 2024, Kentucky State Police (KSP) Post 15 Troopers, in conjunction with local law enforcement, conducted a drug investigation in Cumberland County, leading to the arrest of three individuals for trafficking controlled substances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During a joint investigation with the Cumberland County Sheriff\u2019s Office and Burkesville Police Department, KSP Troopers uncovered information leading to obtaining a search warrant for a residence on Coolidge Humphrey Road in Cumberland County.&nbsp; Upon arrival, the Troopers found Amber Melton, age 31; Jamie Stern, age 47; and Wesley Smith, age 31, all of Burkesville, at the residence. Troopers executed the search warrant and completed a search of the residence, which produced suspected methamphetamine, suspected hydrocodone pills, and suspected marijuana. Also located during the search was a firearm along with several items of drug paraphernalia.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amber Melton, Jamie Stern and Wesley Smith were arrested and lodged in the Adair County Detention Center.&nbsp; All three individuals were charged with the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Trafficking in Controlled Substance, 1st Degree, Methamphetamine<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Possession of a Controlled Substance, 1st Degree, Opiates<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Possession of Marijuana<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Possession of Drug Paraphernalia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Senior Trooper Brandon Poole is investigating, and he was assisted at the scene by other KSP Post 15 Troopers, the Cumberland County Sheriff&#8217;s Office and the Burkesville Police Department. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"># # #<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BURKESVILLE, Ky. (November 14, 2024) \u2013 In the early morning hours of November 14, 2024, Kentucky State Police (KSP) Post 15 Troopers, in conjunction with local law enforcement, conducted a drug investigation in Cumberland County, leading to the arrest of three individuals for trafficking controlled substances. During a joint investigation with the Cumberland County Sheriff\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":39588,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,68],"tags":[425,114],"class_list":["post-41725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ksp-news","category-post-15","tag-drug-arrest","tag-post-15"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2024-Article-Graphics-Drug-Arrest-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41725"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41726,"href":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41725\/revisions\/41726"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}