Two people face a list of drug trafficking charges following a traffic stop

The McCracken County Sheriff’s office says on December 30, 2024, deputies and detectives with the McCracken County Sheriff’s Office located a vehicle involved in a drug investigation traveling on I-24. The vehicle was stopped for traffic infractions.

Deputies identified the occupants of the vehicle as 37-year-old Jonathan Reed of Louisville, KY and 29-year-old Kelsie Clark of Paducah, KY.

During the traffic stop, McCracken County Sheriff’s Office K-9 “Pino” indicated and alerted on the odor of illegal narcotics coming from the vehicle.

During a search of the vehicle, detectives located approximately 3,000 counterfeit pills containing Fentanyl, baggies of powder Cocaine, capsules suspected to contain raw powder Fentanyl, Ecstasy pills containing suspected Methamphetamine, and $2,376 in cash believed to the proceeds of illicit drug sales.

Reed has an extensive criminal history and is currently on parole for drug trafficking at the time of this incident.

 Jonathan R. Reed age 37, of Louisville, KY faces charges of excessive window tinting, license to be possession, trafficking in Fentanyl 2nd offense, trafficking in Cocaine 2nd offense, trafficking in Methamphetamine 2nd offense, possession of Methamphetamine, and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Kelsie L. Clark age 29, of Paducah, KY faces charges of trafficking in Fentanyl offense, trafficking in Cocaine, trafficking in Methamphetamine, possession of Methamphetamine, and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Both Reed and Clark were arrested and taken to the McCracken County Regional Jail.