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Troopers Seize Half Pound Of Meth, Kentucky Man Jailed

Last updated on Monday, January 16, 2017

(GIBSON CO.) - On Friday night, Trooper Hunter Manning received information that 47-year-old Dennis Osborne, of Grand River, KY, was a fugitive and was possibly in the Princeton area driving a white four=door pickup truck with Kentucky plates.

Manning confirmed Osborne was wanted on a warrant out of McCracken County, KY.

Manning drove to Princeton and searched the area for nearly 90 minutes before spotting a white four door pickup truck with Kentucky plates on State Road 64 near Walmart in Princeton. The driver of the pickup truck pulled into the Marathon gas station located at 3010 West Broadway Street to fuel up. Manning confirmed the driver was Osborne and he was arrested without incident.

An odor of marijuana was detected inside Osborne's vehicle. When officers searched the vehicle they found several containers and plastic bags containing approximately ½ pound of crystal meth, a plastic bag containing marijuana, 20 Oxycodone pills, 28 Hydrocodone pills, 8 Alprazolam pills, three glass smoking devices, a marijuana grinder, digital scales and other drug paraphernalia. Osborne is currently being held without bond in the Gibson County Jail.

Osborne is facing felony charges of dealing meth, possession of meth, possession of a Schedule II controlled substance and misdemeanor charges of possession of a Schedule IV controlled substance, possession of drug p and on a warrant out of McCracken County, KY.

Arresting at the scene Trooper Hunter Manning, Assisting Officer: Trooper Brock Buchanan and Princeton Police Department

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