Kingsport Couple Arrested for Drugs at West Side Inn
By Lewis Loflin
Motel Raid Nets Bath Salts and More
On July 27, 2013, at 7:45 P.M., Kingsport Police Department (K.P.D.) Patrol Officers, aided by Vice Detectives, responded to a tip about a man with narcotics in a backpack at the West Side Inn, 1017 West Stone Drive, Kingsport, Tennessee. They located William Ward in room 113, rented by Amber Calhoun. When officers knocked and announced themselves, Ward fled through the back door, ignoring commands to stop. After a brief struggle, he was apprehended.
Ward possessed 10 grams of suspected bath salts, packaging materials, pills, marijuana, a marijuana pipe, $407 in cash, a cell phone, and a laptop—all seized as evidence of drug sales. He was charged with Possession of Schedule I Drugs for Resale, Possession of Schedule VI Drugs (Marijuana), Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Resisting Arrest. Calhoun, present at the scene, had hypodermic needles and suspected bath salts, leading to charges of Possession of Schedule I Drugs and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.
Source: Kingsport Police Department, July 27, 2013.
