Three people were arrested in Grayson County after authorities responded to a complaint about a stalled car in the middle of a roadway Thursday.
A blue car had stopped in front of a beekeeping facility, right in the middle of the roadway. Inside the car, two people were asleep in the back seat, while a dog was spotted in the front seat, according to a news release from Grayson County Sheriff’s Office.
Sheriff Norman Chaffins was the first to respond to the scene. The dog began barking, rousing the two individuals in the back seat.
The man, upon awakening, handed over a Kentucky driver’s license, introducing himself as Alex Hayse. The woman, without any form of identification, offered her name, date of birth, and social security number to the sheriff.
As the sheriff continued his inquiries, the driver of the vehicle, 47-year-old Richard W. May from Harold, Kentucky, returned, carrying a gallon of gasoline. He said their car had run out of fuel.
Just as May finished his explanation, he began to vomit in the middle of the road, according to the sheriff’s office.
Amidst the commotion, the man identifying as Alex Hayse, later revealed to be 42-year-old John D. Absher of Bunker Hill, Indiana, collapsed onto the asphalt, suffering a seizure.
The woman accompanying Absher said he was an opioid user and had likely used drugs earlier that morning.
Sheriff Chaffins administered three doses of Narcan, a medication used to counteract opioid overdoses, as Grayson County EMS arrived on the scene. Absher was initially treated at Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Hospital before being transferred to Norton’s in Louisville for further care.
Meanwhile, the investigation took another turn when it was discovered that the woman had provided false information about her identity. She was later identified as 34-year-old Casey M. Lester from Tollesboro, Kentucky.
Lester had multiple active warrants for her arrest, including charges for parole bond violations, public intoxication, promoting contraband, possession of a controlled substance (meth), burglary, and theft.
Absher, who had initially lied about his identity, had a series of warrants from Jefferson County, for failing to comply with sex offender registry requirements, promoting contraband, possession of meth, violating sex offender restrictions, receiving stolen property, and giving false information to an officer.
A consensual search of the vehicle by Grayson County Sheriff’s Office K-9 Zeus and Deputy Sean Fentress uncovered methamphetamines in a small baggie hidden in a snuff container on the console.
All three occupants now face charges of possession of a controlled substance (meth).
The dog was taken by Animal Control and is now lodged at the Grayson County Animal Shelter.
Absher is expected to join the other two at the Grayson County Detention Center once medically cleared.
Source: WBKO
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