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Arrests made on drug charges By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer Two men were arrested last Thursday in separate incidents on drug-related charges, according to sheriff Kenny Dickerson. In
the first arrest, Jesse Karr Hurdle III, 40, of the 2000 block of
Highway 311, was served on a Marshall County grand jury indictment
which alleges that on or about July 26, 2010, he sold and transferred a
controlled substance, crystal methamphetamine, to a confidential
informant in Marshall County, the sheriff said. While
officers with the Tri-County Narcotics Task Force and officers with the
Marshall County Sheriff’s Department were serving the indictment,
officers lodged another charge against Hurdle - possession of precursor
chemicals used in the manufacture of crystal methamphetamine, Dickerson
said. Hurdle was arrested on the charges in the
indictment and on additional charges of possession of precursors and
remained in custody Tuesday on $10,000 bond on each charge. A white male was also questioned but not charged when he appeared at the Hurdle residence during the search of his property. “The
white male had lengthy rap-sheets from two separate states that were
drug-related and methamphetamine-related charges,” Dickerson said. The
individual was on probation on those most recent charges and being
served by probation in Union County on behalf of probation authorities
in Louisiana, the sheriff said. “Louisiana will advise us on his possible probation violation,” Dickerson said. In
another drug-related case, sheriff’s deputies arrested Michael Dee
Kleman, 41, of the 6000 block of Camelot Road, Horn Lake, after
receiving confidential information, Dickerson said. Kleman
was arrested on a vacant lot near a residence in the 3000 block of
South Red Banks Road and charged with possession of crystal
methamphetamine, a controlled substance, and with possession of
precursor chemicals used in the manufacture of crystal methamphetamine,
the sheriff said. Kleman remained in jail Tuesday on $20,000 bond and
awaits future court action. Dickerson said crystal methamphetamine use is a growing problem throughout the United States as well as in Mississippi. “We
urge citizens to continue to cooperate in alerting us to those who may
be dealing in these illegal drugs,” he said. “It helps us in our
efforts to keep these illegal drugs away from adults and teenagers.
Without their help, we would not be as successful as we are in
confronting this growing problem.”
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