James Moore
A Paintsville man was arrested on marijuana and drug trafficking expenses on Might 2 after initially refusing to depart Paintsville ARH’s emergency room, based on the Paintsville Police Division.
In accordance with the quotation, PPD Officer Timothy Ratliff acquired a name from workers on the emergency room {that a} man was refusing to depart and was suspected of getting medicine on his particular person.
After arriving, Ratliff discovered that the person had already left the premises, the quotation mentioned. When Ratliff lastly stopped the person in entrance of Large Sandy Neighborhood and Technical School on Church Road, he wrote, the person, recognized as James Moore, 55, of Paintsville, smelled of marijuana and was visibly nervous.
A search of Moore’s particular person revealed a set of scales, a big bag in his pocket “filled with marijuana,” two clear luggage with suspected methamphetamine crystals inside them, one other bag in his jacket which contained a “Zig-Zag hemp package deal with two blunts (inside)” and a “massive crystal rock,” based on Ratliff. Moore additionally had rolling papers, two butane torches and “THC resin,” Ratliff mentioned.
Ratliff mentioned within the quotation that, after putting Moore in his cruiser, he requested him the place he acquired the suspected methamphetamine, however Moore acknowledged it was not, it was “THC crystals.”
Moore was charged with possession of marijuana, public intoxication, second-degree disorderly conduct, possession of drug paraphernalia, first-degree and first-offense possession of a managed substance (methamphetamine) and trafficking in a managed substance inside 1,000 toes of a faculty and lodged within the Large Sandy Regional Detention Middle, the place he remained as of presstime.
A preliminary listening to in Moore’s case is ready for Might 8.
