Mt. Vernon Police Chief Justin Rutledge says his department took more than 156 grams of meth off the streets in October. In three separate incidents, October 8th, 16th, and 19th, officers took into custody three different women, two from Evansville and another from Fairview, Tennessee. Each were charged with dealing meth, over 10 grams along with a slew of other charges.
In the arrest of 45-year-old Misty Cunningham of Evansville, an officer observed her traveling 21 mph over the speed limit prompting the stop. After finding out Cunningham didn’t have a valid driver’s license, an inventory of the vehicle revealed a bag in between the drivers seat and center console that allegedly contained 5 individually tied corner cut bags all containing suspected methamphetamine. Some of that meth field tested positive for fentanyl. The total weight was more than 12 grams.
On October 16th, an officer observed 44-year-old Lori Reynolds of Evansville behaving in a “concerning and suspicious manner” at the Hucks Convenience Store on Main. After observing signs of impairment, law enforcement descended on Reynolds with K-9 Basco. A subsequent search of the vehicle found 132.5 grams of suspected meth mixed with fentanyl…