ASHLAND A federal grand jury has indicted a Westwood man on gun and meth charges in connection with a September 2020 traffic stop in Westwood.
Steven M. Halley Jr., 27, was arrested Sept. 30 following a traffic stop performed by the Boyd County Sheriffâs Department in collaboration with the Tri-State Narcotics Team, according to a press release.
During the traffic stop, officers seized 25 grams of meth, some Xanax and defaced a .38 Derringer with a pearl handle, according to authorities.
Following that traffic stop, a second stop occurred at the Hillcrest Apartments in Ashland, leading to the arrest of Halley s uncle, Robert Halley, on a state drug charge, according to the sheriffâs department.
RUSSELL Merely days after clearing 2 pounds of crystal meth off the streets, a DEA-led drug task force has struck again, this time seizing the largest-ever amount of the drug in the city of Russell.
Jack Sparks, the DEA head of West Virginia â which oversees Greenup, Boyd and Carter counties in Kentucky â called the busts âjust the beginning of this type of enforcement in this area.â
On Sunday, the DEAâs Tri-State Narcotics Team seized 3 pounds of methamphetamine at the Best Western Hotel in Russell, arresting 29-year-old Marquise Glass of Detroit, Michigan. Prior to the raid, Russell Police had stopped a vehicle near the hotel, arresting four others on a mix of charges.