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Flemingsburg drug bust nets six pounds of marijuana
Wednesday, August 15, 2007 10:12 PM EDT
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| Flemingsburg police officers Tyler Rushing, Falon Fugett and Brad Crawford carry bricks of marijuana into the sheriff's office to process into evidence. Just over 6 pounds of marijuana were confiscated Wednesday afternoon in a raid. -- Terry Prather/Staff |
According to Flemingsburg Police Officer Falon Fugett, Jeremy D. Flanery, 27, of 1080 Wallingford Road was arrested at his mother's home after police located the marijuana stuffed into a backpack, under a couch and inside a coffee table in the basement of the home.
Fugett said $600 in cash and Flanery's 1993 Cadillac were also confiscated during the bust, which was conducted by Flemingsburg Police Chief Randy Sergent, FPD Officer Chad Bowling and Fugett.
According to officials, the police department has received complaints and tips for the last year involving Flanery's activity from the home on Wallingford Road. Within the last six months, more reliable information provided to officials led to Flanery's arrest Thursday.
"We received a tip there was a large quantity of marijuana in the house. We received consent to search (the house) from the tenant of the home. She was very cooperative," Fugett said. "Upon searching the basement, we found a backpack containing a lot of marijuana in it and we placed Flanery under arrest."
Fugett said after the first bags of marijuana were found, the Maysville Police Department was contacted with a request to send MPD Officer Jeff Hord and his drug dog, Misho to the home to conduct an additional search of the property.
It was during the search conducted by Hord and Misho that additional bags of marijuana were found under a couch and inside a coffee table.
"Misho was very instrumental in finding the additional marijuana," said Fugett.
Officials said Misho was also used to search Flanery's Cadillac, which revealed the spare tire had been removed from its compartment in the trunk and a garbage bag, duct tape and cigar leaves where found inside the compartment instead. Fugett said plastic bags, duct tape, cigar leaves and sometimes coffee grounds, are used to mask the odor of marijuana while being transported in a vehicle.
"Myself and Officer Bowling have been working on this for quite awhile," Fugett said of the investigation.
Bowling said the marijuana has an estimated street value of $8,000 and it is believed to have been transported into the area from North Carolina.
Flanery has been charged with trafficking in marijuana, five pounds or more, a class C felony which carries a penalty of five to 10 years; and possession of drug paraphernalia. He is currently lodged in the Mason County Detention Center. Bond had not been established at press time.
Contact Marla Toncray at marla.toncray@lee.net or 606-564-9091 ext. 275.
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