A Leitchfield man is facing over a dozen charges following a major drug bust by the Leitchfield Police Department at an apartment only a few hundred feet from a school.
Tuesday morning at approximately 5:15, LPD Sgt. Keith Harrell and Officer Brandon Puckett were dispatched to B&G Apartments (commonly referred to as Mill Street Apts.), at 713 Mill Street, directly across the road from Grayson County Middle School, on a welfare check.
Upon arriving at the apartment, Harrell and Puckett asked for and received permission from the tenant to enter the residence. Once inside, officers observed a plethora of drugs and drug trafficking paraphernalia in plain view throughout the residence, according to police.
Methamphetamine, a variety of pills, marijuana, and a handgun were seized, along with scales and other paraphernalia.
Officers arrested 32-year-old Clifton Dewayne Chapman, of Leitchfield, a felon, and charged him with trafficking in a controlled substance within a 1,000 feet of a school, four counts of trafficking in a controlled substance (methamphetamine), trafficking in marijuana, two counts of possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine, heroin), having a prescription controlled substance not in its proper container, being a persistent felony offender, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession of marijuana, giving an officer a false name or address, and possession of drug paraphernalia.
A few of the charges are the result of two Grayson County arrest warrants. He was also served with a warrant out of Barren County.
Chapman was lodged in the Grayson County Detention Center on a $25,000 cash bond.
Assisting Harrell and Puckett at the scene were LPD Officers Eugene Cain and Ian Renfrow along with Grayson County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Fred Norder.
By Ken Howlett, News Director
Contact Ken at ken@k105.com
