Updated: July 31, 2017

A SOUTH LAWRENCE COUNTY MAN IS BEHIND BARS AFTER ALLEGEDLY SELLING METHAMPHETAMINE. LAWRENCEBURG POLICE DEPARTMENTS REPORTS INDICATE 42 YEAR OLD BEN FRANKLIN BURGESS OF SAINT JOSEPH WAS ARRESTED FRIDAY EVENING AFTER OFFICERS WERE ALERTED TO A POSSIBLE DRUG RELATED TRANSACTION BETWEEN BURGESS AND 36 YEAR OLD JEFFERY MARK PORTER OF LAWRENCEBURG. WHILE INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT, OFFICERS DISCOVERED A SMALL AMOUNT OF METH IN PORTER'S POCKET. AUTHORITIES BELIEVE BURGESS SOLD PORTER A HALF OF A GRAM OF THE DRUG JUST BEFORE OFFICERS DETAINED THE PAIR AT A SOUTH LAWRENCEBURG CONVENIENCE STORE. PORTER WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF A SCHEDULE II NARCOTIC WHILE BURGESS FACES THE CHARGE OF SALE OF A SCHEDULE II NARCOTIC. BOTH WERE BOOKED INTO THE LAWRENCE COUNTY JAIL AND WILL APPEAR IN GENERAL SESSIONS COURT ON OCTOBER 1ST.