Three people are in custody and a dog is in a shelter after an incident in Grayson County.
John D. Absher of Bunker Hill, Indiana, Casey M. Lester of Tollesboro, and Richard W. May of Harold each face charges of first degree Possession of a Controlled Substance, and Absher and Lester had multiple warrants out for their arrests.
According to the Grayson County Sheriff’s Office, shortly after 8 a.m. on June 6 Sheriff Norman Chaffins responded to a report of two people sleeping in the backseat of a car that was parked in the middle of U.S. 62 in Clarkson in front of the beekeeping facility, with a dog in the front seat. The occupants were awakened by the dog barking as the sheriff approached. The two occupants, later identified as Absher and Lester, provided names or identification the sheriff’s office later determined to be false.
May then approached the vehicle with a gallon of gas, stating that the vehicle was in the middle of the road after it ran out of gas. The sheriff’s office says May then began vomiting in the roadway, at which time Absher collapsed due to a seizure. Lester told Chaffins she believed Absher had used opioids earlier that morning. Chaffins administered naloxone and Grayson County EMS transported Absher to Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Hospital. He was later transported to Norton’s Hospital in Louisville. A search of the vehicle revealed the presence of methamphetamine.
Lester and May were lodged in the Grayson County Detention Center. Absher was moved to the detention center from the hospital after he was medically cleared to be incarcerated. The dog was transported to the Grayson County Animal Shelter.
