Kinison
ST. CLAIRSVILLE — A Somerton man was arrested on drug trafficking charges following a search of his residence, which is known to local law enforcement as “meth mountain.”
William B. Kinison, 42, of 55346 McDowell Road is charged with second-degree felony trafficking in drugs, third-degree felony complicity and third-degree felony having weapons under disability.
The Belmont County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Interdiction Unit, with assistance from the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department and Barnesville Police Department, executed a search warrant Monday at the Somerton residence. Sheriff David Lucas said the search warrant was the third executed at the residence that law enforcement has dubbed “meth mountain” over the past few years. He said the property is known to both local residents and law enforcement as “meth mountain” due to alleged drug activity.