Overview
- Laurel County deputies approached a vehicle parked in an employees-only space and made contact with the occupants during a stop on June 18, which led officers to search the car.
- Investigators reported they found a black bag labeled “definitely not a bag full of drugs” that contained a crystal-like substance, a green leafy substance and multiple items of drug paraphernalia.
- Fifty-one-year-old Tricia Croley was arrested and charged with false identification, multiple possession counts including methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of marijuana and is being held at the county jail on a $5,000 bond.
- Forty-eight-year-old Damon Bennett was taken into custody on outstanding warrants, cited for failure to appear and released after posting a $100 bond, according to jail records.
- Court scheduling for Croley remains in the pretrial stage and reports differ on immediate dates, with officials noting an existing July 2025 indictment for meth possession that keeps the case pending additional proceedings.