The McCracken County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Grand Rivers couple at a Paducah Hotel on Friday morning after seizing a large amount of Crystal Methamphetamine.
Drug detectives conducted a traffic stop on vehicle on the parking lot of a Paducah Hotel located at 5135 Cairo Road. During the stop they observed a woman acting suspiciously, unrelated to the traffic stop, on the parking lot of the hotel. Following the traffic stop detectives observed the woman meet with a man near the front door the hotel. The woman appeared to be under the influence of illegal drugs and had a black eye. When deputies and detectives approached the couple the man fled inside. The woman was identified as 27 year old Nickole Console of Grand Rivers, KY. Console gave detectives a fake name for the man that had fled.
During a search of the hotel detectives and deputies located the man hiding inside a hotel room that was being cleaned by hotel staff. Detectives identified the man as 36 year old Edward Ibold of Grand
Rivers, KY. A warrant check revealed that Ibold was wanted on an outstanding federal probation violation warrant. Ibold was arrested. Ibold was on federal probation for gun and drug offenses at the time of his arrest.
Detectives located a small baggy of Methamphetamine on the ground where the couple had been standing. During a search of the couple’s luggage detectives located approximately 380 grams of Crystal Methamphetamine, two digital scales, a smoking pipe, and baggies.
Both Ibold and Console were arrested and lodged in the McCracken County Regional Jail.
The seized Methamphetamine has an estimated street value of $38,000
Arrested: Edward M. Ibold, 36, of Grand Rivers, KY
Charges: Trafficking in Methamphetamine 2nd or subsequent offense, drug paraphernalia and public intoxication-controlled substances
Arrested: Nickole J. Console, 27, of Grand Rivers, KY
Charges: Hindering prosecution or apprehension, Trafficking in Methamphetamine 2nd or subsequent offense, drug paraphernalia and public intoxication-controlled substances