Suspected meth, gun, cash found in traffic stop

KEMP – Our news partners at KETK report that two people were arrested in Kemp on Sunday morning after bags of suspected methamphetamines, a firearm and a large amount of cash were found during a traffic stop. According to the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office, two of their office’s narcotics investigators were in the 1300 block of Pritchett Lane in Kemp at around 1:19 a.m. when they conducted a traffic stop on a silver Kia sedan. During the stop, investigators spoke with the driver of the Kia, who was identified by the sheriff’s office as Krayton Lavelle Williams, 26 of Athens. The investigators then contacted a K9 unit to come sniff the vehicle and when the unit arrived the K9 alerted near the Kia. The sheriff’s office said investigators then searched the Kia and found a loaded firearm, a large amount of cash and prepackaged bags of suspected meth that were allegedly found in a concealed compartment of the Kia’s dashboard.

Williams was then arrested and charged for manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance and unlawful possesion of a firearm by a felon. Jail records show that Williams is currently being held in the Henderson County Jail on a total bond of $130,000. …

Gabrielle Cheyenne Ward, 24 of Mabank, was a passenger in the Kia when it was stopped, according to the sheriff’s office.

Ward was also arrested after the search of the vehicle and was charged with manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance. Ward is currently being held in the Henderson County Jail on a $100,000 bond, according to jail records.

“Day or night these Investigators and Deputies are working hard to keep these drugs off the streets of Henderson County,” Henderson County Sheriff Botie Hillhouse said on Sunday.