HOPKINSVILLE, KY (CHRISTIAN COUNTY NOW) – On Aug. 27, the manager of Rural King in Hopkinsville reported that an unknown suspect had stolen two sets of impact drills, worth $499 each. This led to the arrest of two people and meth trafficking charges.
According to an arrest report from Hopkinsville Police, surveillance video from the store showed a white vehicle pull up to the front of the store and the suspect enter the building. He was later seen making his way to the emergency exit out of sight of the cameras. Once leaving the building, the suspect ran south toward the Showbox Movie Theater where he was picked up by the same vehicle.
The driver of the vehicle, identified as Lauren Shears from Winchester, Tennessee, was located later that afternoon at a motel on Richard Mills Drive in reference to her not paying a $97 bill for a taxi service. When officers approached her hotel room, the stolen materials were in plain sight, and she admitted to being the getaway driver for the theft.
The male suspect, Jason James from Lafayette, Indiana, was also in the taxi and fled from the area of the motel when officers arrived. He was located hiding inside a drain near O’Charley’s on Fort Campbell Boulevard. He admitted to arresting officers that he was responsible for the theft, and 29 grams of methamphetamine was found in his pants pocket along with a glass pipe.
Both individuals were arrested and charged. James was found to be a fugitive from another state for theft, is additionally facing theft and meth trafficking charges.
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