Thursday, December 12, 2024-Christian County, KY: At approximately 6:17 p.m., Deputies conducted a traffic stop at the Kentucky Welcome Center, located on Interstate 24. The vehicle, a 2000 Jeep Cherokee with Alabama license plate, was stopped for improper display of registration plates. During the encounter, the driver, 35-year-old Kevin Hennessey Jr., admitted to having medication that didn’t belong to him in the vehicle. Further conversation revealed that Hennessey Jr. also had a methamphetamine pipe and methamphetamine in the vehicle. A subsequent search of the vehicle yielded a bulbous pipe identified as being used for smoking methamphetamine and crystal methamphetamine.
Hennessey Jr. was charged with:
– Improper Display of Registration Plates
– Possession of Controlled Substance 1st Degree, 1st Offense (Methamphetamine)
– Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
Hennessey was transported to the Christian County Jail.