BPD discover marijuana while serving arrest warrant, two arrested

BEDFORD – A Mitchell woman was arrested Friday after a Bedford Police officer went to a home in the 820 block of H Street to serve an arrest warrant on 44-year-old Zachary Wood, of Bedford for failure to appear.

Zachary Wood

Officers located Wood and 40-year-old Jessica King in a bedroom. 

Jessica King

Wood was detained on the active warrant.

Officers located a plastic bag containing marijuana on the bed and multiple glass smoking devices on a bedside table. 

Officers then detained King.

Both face charges of possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.

If you know something, say something. Send an email to drugactivity@lawrencecounty.in.gov or call Lawrence County Prosecutor’s Office tip line at 812-545-4700. All calls are confidential.