The Clarkson Police Department recently made two methamphetamine arrests of two convicted felons during two traffic stops.
On Sunday night at approximately 9:00, Clarkson Officer Blake Elmore was on patrol when he observed a Chevrolet truck with no license plate.
Elmore executed a traffic stop on Bethel Church Road and discovered the driver, 44-year-old Brian Lee, of Clarkson, was driving on a DUI suspended license, according to Clarkson Police Chief Buck Meredith. During a search of the vehicle and Lee, Elmore found over two grams of methamphetamine and marijuana.
Lee was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine), possession of marijuana, driving on a DUI suspended license, no insurance, and no registration plate.
He was lodged in the Grayson County Detention Center.
Lee was convicted twice in Grayson County in September 2020 for possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine), his first and second methamphetamine convictions, according to the Kentucky Department of Corrections (KDC). He was additionally convicted in December 2019 for tampering with physical evidence, also in Grayson County.
He is on parole until January 2025.
During the early morning hours of Thursday, February 24, Elmore was on patrol and observed a Pontiac passenger car with an equipment violation traveling in the 5000 block of Elizabethtown Road near the Clarkson Ballpark, Meredith said.
Elmore stopped the vehicle at the ballpark and made contact with the driver, 31-year-old Megan J. Southwick, of Leitchfield. During a search of the vehicle and Southwick, Meredith said Elmore discovered methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia.
She was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine), possession of drug paraphernalia, no registration plate, one headlight, and rear license plate not illuminated.
Southwick was lodged in the Grayson County Detention Center but is no longer listed as an inmate.
Southwick was convicted in Hardin County in March 2020 for trafficking in a controlled substance (methamphetamine), according to the KDC. She is on parole until December 2022.
In addition to her arrest and 2020 conviction in Hardin County, Southwick’s arrest history dates to 2009 and includes multiple methamphetamine, heroin and theft charges in Bullitt, Jefferson and Hardin counties.
By Ken Howlett, News Director
Contact Ken at ken@k105.com
