MARTIN CO. – On Saturday, October 1, at approximately 8:25 a.m. ISP Master Trooper Jarrod Lents was on patrol in Martin County when he stopped a speeding vehicle on US 231, near Inman Cemetery Road.
Trooper Lents suspected criminal activity was occurring and found that the driver of the car, 30-year-old Benton G. Price, of Glasgow, Kentucky, had given false identifying information.
Trooper Lents was joined by Martin County Reserve Deputy Josh Harmon. The two officers developed probable cause that led to the five occupants of the car being detained and a search of the vehicle.
Police found more than 21 grams of meth as well as evidence of dealing the drug. Marijuana and other drug paraphernalia were also found.Â
Price and a passenger in the car, 28-year-old Tyler M. Kenworthy, of Indianapolis, were arrested.
Price faces charges of dealing meth, possession of meth, possession of a narcotic drug, illegal possession of a syringe, possession of marijuana, and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Kenworthy faces a charge of possession of meth.
Both are being held in the Martin County Jail.
Trooper Lents and Deputy Harmon were assisted at the scene by Indiana Conservation Officer Tony Mann.
