A Caneyville man being served with indictment warrants for drug trafficking was found with a “large rock of methamphetamine,” cash and drug trafficking paraphernalia.
Sunday evening at approximately 9:00, Grayson County Deputies Wally Ritter and Justin Cockerel arrived at a residence on Layman Road after receiving information that a wanted man, 47-year-old Matthew S. Willis, was at the home.
The homeowners gave consent for deputies to search the residence where police located Willis in a “rear bedroom … under a blanket,” according to the arrest citation.
While searching the room where Willis was found, deputies located a bag containing a methamphetamine pipe and “bag of suspected methamphetamine.” Deputies then obtained a search warrant for the property.
Assisted by Deputy Caleb Owens, Ritter and Cockerel found in Willis’ room a “bag with a large rock of methamphetamine … digital scales, other bags with residue inside them, and a plastic tube with rolled up, multiple bags of marijuana, and cash …,” the citation states.
Willis was charged with trafficking in a controlled substance (methamphetamine), trafficking in marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.
He was also served with indictment warrants charging him with trafficking in a controlled substance (methamphetamine), possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine), trafficking in marijuana, and possession of marijuana. The indictment counts are enhanced by the presence of a firearm.
The indictments stem from an incident on New Year’s Eve 2022, according to the citation.
Willis was lodged in the Grayson County Detention Center.
By Ken Howlett, News Director
Contact Ken at ken@k105.com
