BUFFALO ROAD TRAFFIC STOP TURNS INTO DRUG BUST
A BUFFALO ROAD TRAFFIC STOP TURNED INTO A DRUG BUST LATE MONDAY. ACCORDING TO REPORTS FROM THE LAWRENCE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, A DEPUTY ON PATROL ON CROWSON ROAD OBSERVED A CHEVY BLAZER STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, A MAN STUMBLED INTO THE STREET, JUMPED INTO THE PASSENGER SIDE AND THE VEHICLE SPED AWAY. THE OFFICER PULLED OVER THE VEHICLE ON BUFFALO ROAD AND A SEARCH OF THE OCCUPANTS AND THE BLAZER YIELDED A COUPLE OF BAGGIES OF MARIJUANA AND SOME OPEN BEER CANS. DRIVER BENJAMIN RAY HENSON, 22, OF LAWRENCEBURG WAS ARRESTED FOR POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA FOR RESALE. PASSENGER JOSE ANTONIO LOPEZ JUNIOR, 22, OF LAWRENCEBURG WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY ON POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA AND PUBLIC INTOXICATION CHARGES. BOTH ARE DUE IN GENERAL SESSIONS COURT MARCH 20TH.