Laurens Police overnight were preparing charges on a local man after drugs and weapons were allegedly found in his car. Laurens Police Officer Logan Kanipe made a traffic stop last night on Mill Street near Fleming. 27-year-old Justin Thomas Duckett of 414 Clemson Street, Laurens was initially ticketed at 8:07 pm on charges of Driving under Suspension and having Defective Headlights. He was placed in the Johnson Detention Facility, where he was being held for additional charges. Officers allegedly found more than one container of marijuana, a quantity of crack cocaine, multiple pills of hydrocodone along with three firearms and blades of some type in his possession. Charges were pending on these.
Two Gray Court men were being held overnight for possible drug and firearms charges following their arrest by Officer Logan Kanipe later last night at the intersection of North Harper Street and Hillcrest Drive. They were initially ticketed on less serious charges at 10:11 pm. Warrants were being sought for the additional charges.