Two face drug charges after car’s window tint prompts traffic stop

NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO
STAFF REPORT

Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016, 6 p.m. — Two Bardstown residents face drug-related charges after the car they were in was stopped for excessive window tinting Thursday afternoon.

At about 12:49 p.m. Thursday, Bardstown Police Officer Kyler Wright stopped a tan Buick operated by Latosha Shain, 30, of Bardstown due to excessively dark window tinting. After Shain denied the officer’s request to search the vehicle, Wright deployed his K-9, Zeus. After the K-9 indicated that drugs were inside the vehicle, Wright located a bag of synthetic marijuana, a partly burned synthetic marijuana cigarette, suboxone and drug paraphernalia inside the car.

Shain was charged with possession of synthetic drugs; possession of a controlled substance, second-degree; possession of drug paraphernalia; failure to maintain required insurance; possession of drug paraphernalia; and excessive window tinting.

Shain’s passenger, Ray A. Calbert, was found in possession of a small bag of cocaine and an undetermined amount of cash. He was charged with possession of a controlled substance, first-degree and lodged in the Nelson County Jail.

The investigation is ongoing, and individuals with information regarding this incident are asked to contact Bardstown Police, (502) 348-6811 or Nelson County Dispatch (502) 348-3211.

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