STAFF REPORT
Glasgow News 1
Kelly T. Houchens faces drug possession and promoting contraband charges after an Oct. 20 arrest in Glasgow, according to a press release from Glasgow Police Department. Officers responding to a theft complaint on Columbia Avenue arrested Houchens on an active Barren County warrant before deputies reported finding suspected drugs at the jail.
Officers were dispatched at 8:43 a.m. after receiving a report that the theft suspect remained at the scene. Dispatch advised that the suspect might be armed with a knife, police said.
When officers arrived, they saw a man matching the suspect’s description unloading items from a laundry cart. Police said a fixed-blade knife was visible in his back pocket.
Officers identified the man as Houchens, confirmed the warrant and removed the knife, according to the release. They also searched him for additional weapons.
Police said Houchens received multiple warnings about taking controlled substances or contraband into the jail before being transported to Barren County Detention Center. Officer Zachary Cook made the arrest.
During a search inside the jail, deputies reported finding a bag containing 1.7 grams of suspected methamphetamine, two bags containing a combined 1.8 grams of suspected marijuana and 13 white pills suspected to be clonazepam. The pills bore the markings TEVA and 834, police said.
Key facts:
– Officers responded to Columbia Avenue at 8:43 a.m. Oct. 20.
– Police said Houchens had an active Barren County warrant.
– Charges include first-degree controlled substance possession, second offense involving methamphetamine.
– Additional charges include third-degree controlled substance possession, drug unspecified, and marijuana possession.
– Houchens also faces first-degree promoting contraband.
– Police said Houchens was lodged in Barren County Detention Center.
