On 12-27-16 at approximately 4:18pm, Deputy Cory Curtner began a foot chase in the area of 6th and Elm in Benton on a person for whom he had a warrant. When he caught the person, identified as Joseph M. McClelland age 20 of Benton, he found baggies containing suspected methamphetamine weighing 4.1 grams and scales. McClelland was charged with Fleeing or Evading Police, Trafficking in Controlled Substance 1st Methamphetamine, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.
