BEDFORD – On Monday, April 17th, at approximately 11 p.m. Lawrence County Officer Thomas Porter and Cpl. Whitney Daugherty conducted a traffic stop stopping the driver of a 1999 Chevrolet pickup along State Road 37.
During the stop, officers observed indicators of criminal activity and searched the truck.
The driver, 45-year-old Casey Gambling of Fairdealing, Missouri, was in possession of methamphetamine, marijuana, and drug paraphernalia.
Gambling was arrested and incarcerated in the Lawrence County Jail on charges of possession of meth, possession of marijuana, and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Assisting officers included Oolitic Marshal James Harrington, Mitchell Officer Kenton Carter, and Lawrence County Officer Bailey Duprey.
