MADISONVILLE MAN ARRESTED ON METH CHARGES

            A TRAFFIC STOP IN MADISONVILLE EARLY THIS MORNING LED TO METH CHARGES FOR A YOUNG HOPKINS COUNTY MAN.

            STATE POLICE SAY 28-YEAR OLD JEREMIAH CHAPMAN OF MADISONVILLE WAS PULLED OVER JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT ON SOUTH MAIN STREET BY TROOPER JOHN MCGEHEE.

            TROOPERS DETERMINED CHAPMAN TO BE INTOXICATED AND PLACED HIM UNDER ARREST FOR DUI. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, POLICE ALLEGEDLY FOUND A GUN, METHAMPHETAMINE AND DRUG PARAPHERNALIA COMMONLY ASSOCIATED WITH SELLING IN CHAPMAN’S VEHICLE.

            CHAPMAN WAS LODGED IN THE HOPKINS COUNTY JAIL ON SEVERAL TRAFFIC CHARGES IN ADDITION TO TRAFFICKING IN METHAPMETAMINE AND CARRYING A CONCEALED DEADLY WEAPON.