Buddy Horn
VAN LEAR, Ky. — A man who apparently tried to avoid a roadblock found himself heading to jail on drug trafficking charges, once police caught up to him.
State troopers were staging a roadblock Friday afternoon by the Van Lear Baptist Church in Johnson County, when they spotted a car approach and then turn into the church parking lot, before heading back the other way.
Police noted the driver didn’t use his turn signal and pulled out in front of another car when leaving. An officer followed and pulled the car over a short distance away.
When he spoke to the driver — identified as Buddy Horn, 58, of Debord — he detected a strong scent of marijuana and noticed Horn to be speaking slowly. When questioned, Horn allegedly admitted to having smoked some marijuana earlier and he was placed under arrest.
When police searched his car afterward, they found two bags of meth and two bags of marijuana, along with a variety of paraphernalia.
Horn was arrested and charged with trafficking in meth and marijuana, DUI and several other charges.
