BEDFORD – A Bedford man was arrested after probation officers requested police officers to a home in the 500 block of 22nd Street on Sunday, April 7.
Police arrested 43-year-old Austin Smith, of Bedford, on charges of possession of meth and drug paraphernalia and visiting a common nuisance.
According to Bedford Police Officer Michael Bell, probation officers Tumey, and Shew were conducting a house check on Damien York. While searching the home, the probation officers found two individuals in the basement area, Austin Smith and Chelsay Linton, and drug paraphernalia. The items included several glass smoking pipes with meth residue, a broken red and white pen used to ingest drugs, and broken glass smoking pipes. A baggy containing crystal meth was found on the floor near the entrance to a bathroom. Both Smith and York had been in the bathroom area after probation officers arrived on the scene.
York said the crystal meth was not his but Smith’s. Linton and Smith both denied the meth or other items were theirs.
Smith was arrested. Linton and York were released but told the information would be forwarded to the Lawrence County Prosecutor’s Office and possible charges would be filed.
