Five Paducah Residents Face Drug Charges

Five Paducah residents face drug charges, after police responded to a complaint at a Paducah mobile home park.

The McCracken County Sheriff’s Department had received tips that meth was being made at a mobile home in Woodlawn Mobile Home Park. On Wednesday, detectives went to search the trailer on Meacham Lane, and found four people inside. Police said detectives found several components that are used to make meth in a locked backpack hidden in a closet. Marijuana, methamphetamine, prescription medication, and drug paraphernalia were also reportedly found. Detectives said they also found a recent meth lab outside the home.  

Police said 24-year-old Johnathan Bledsoe and 23-year-old Samantha Gagnon met 33-year-old Austin Lockhard and 23-year-old Bryan Cook to smoke marijuana at the trailer, and that Cook had been keeping the meth supplies in his closet and that some of the meth and prescription medication belonged to Lockhard. 52-year-old Randall Gordon came to the trailer to speak with Cook while police were at the home. They searched Gordon, and said they found marijuana and prescription medication on him.

Cook was charged with manufacturing methamphetamine, possession of meth, possession of marijuana, and possession of drug paraphernalia. Lockhard was charged with possession of methamphetamine, possession of hydrocodone, possession of marijuana, and possession of drug paraphernalia. Bledsoe and Gagnon were charged with possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. Gordon was charged with possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, controlled substance not in proper container, and failure to notify DOT of address change.

Cook, Lockhard, and Gordon were taken to the McCracken County Regional Jail.