Calvert City, KY (July 02, 2024) – On June 16, 2024 the Calvert City Police Department was dispatched to 71 Oaklawn Lane in reference to a complaint of a neighbor who is on the trespass log for that residence driving through their yard. While investigating, it was discovered that the same neighbor damaged a flag while weed-eating on another neighbor’s property. The incident was recorded on video. The Calvert City Police Department obtained a criminal summons for the offense. On June 28, 2024 Brian A. Bledsoe, 40, of Benton was served a Marshall County Criminal Summons for criminal mischief 3rd degree.On June 22, 2024 the Calvert City Police Department was dispatched to the Family Dollar in reference to a shoplifting complaint. In the video, a man can be seen picking up several packs of baseball cards from the register area and putting them in his pocket and leaving the store. Video and photographs of the man and his vehicle were obtained and posted to the City’s social media to ask for the public’s assistance in identifying the man. Several tips were called in to the Police Department. After further investigation and identification, the Calvert City Police Department obtained a criminal summons for the offense. On June 28, 2024 Chadrick Millican, 43, of Calvert City was served a Marshall County Criminal Summons for two counts of theft by unlawful taking/shoplifting.
On June 26, 2024 the Calvert City Police Department received a call from Love’s Travel Center in reference to a male acting suspicious. Upon arrival the officer noticed the male leave a U-Haul and enter the store. The man did indeed appear to be acting suspicious. In plain view of the officer, marijuana could be observed in the center console of the U-Haul. After further investigation, James Clifford Lawrence, 60, of Poplar Bluff, MO was charged with possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.