Another of Grayson County’s Most Wanted has been arrested.
John Z. Whitehead, 23, was captured Tuesday by the Leitchfield Police Department when officers arrived at a residence regarding a domestic disturbance. Whitehead was caught trying to flee the residence, Sheriff Norman Chaffins said.
Whitehead has been on the sheriff’s office Most Wanted list of suspects since October 2021. He was wanted for third-degree burglary.
He was lodged in the Grayson County Detention Center.
On Monday morning, Grayson County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Sonny Poteet arrested another Most Wanted suspect, 20-year-old Gavin Petty. Petty has been on the sheriff’s office list of Most Wanted suspects since January 2022.
He was wanted for fleeing or evading police (on foot), possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine), giving an officer false identifying information, and possession of drug paraphernalia. He is additionally being held on a trafficking in a controlled substance charge.
“Basically, he was living out of vehicle in a wooded area off Old Hartford Road,” Sheriff Norman Chaffins said. “A heads-up citizen saw that something did not look right and thought there was some suspicious activity coming from several individuals where two cars were parked in the area.”
Poteet responded to the scene and found Petty asleep in a vehicle and arrested the suspect without incident.
By Ken Howlett, News Director
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