Three Ohio residents recently were indicted by a Hardin County grand jury on several charges, including being in possession of the powerful drug fentanyl.
Jesse Profitt, 27, of HamilÂton, Ohio, Kimberly Wharton, 29, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Shona Messer, 29, of Hamilton, Ohio, all are indicted for first-degree possession of a controlled substance â fentanyl; first-degree possession of a controlled substance â methamphetamine and complicity to receiving stolen property more than $500 and less than $10,000.
Profitt and Wharton also are charged with first-degree fleeing or evading police in a motor vehicle during a Feb. 11 traffic stop by Kentucky State Police.
Profitt and Wharton are in the Bullitt County Detention Center. Messer has been released from that jail.