HOPKINS COUNTY MAN ARRESTED EARLY SUNDAY ON DRUG-RELATED CHARGES
A HOPKINS COUNTY MAN WAS ARRESTED ON VARIOUS CHARGES AFTER BEING STOPPED FOR ALLEGED TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS IN CALDWELL COUNTY. PRINCETON POLICE SAY IS WAS APPROXIMATLY 1:20 A.M. SUNDAY WHEN OFFICERS ARRESTED 40-YEAR-OLD LUTHER BURTON OF MADISONVILLE ON CHARGES OF 1ST DEGREE POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (METHAMPHETAMINE) 2ND DEGREE POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AND POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA AFTER THE 2008 FORD HE WAS DRIVING WAS STOPPED FOR TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS. OFFICERS CONFISCATED A SMALL QUANTITY OF SUSPECTED METHAMPHETAMINE, GLASS PIPES, AND SUSPECTED HYDROCODONE (LORTAB) TABLETS. OFFICERS ALSO DETERMINED THAT BURTON WAS WANTED ON OUTSTANDING WARRANTS FROM HOPKINS COUNTY ON CHARGES OF POSSESSION OF A FIREARM BY A CONVICTED FELON, CARRYING A CONCEALED DEADLY WEAPON, AND 2 COUNTS OF FAILURE TO APPEAR. BURTON WAS LODGED IN THE COUNTY JAIL.
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