DRUG CHARGES DROPPED AGAINST COUPLE - Police Process In Wrong Jurisdiction

(08/31/2003)

Drug charges have been dismissed against Allen and Lorie McClain by Clay County Prosecutor Daniel Grindo. State Trooper Marshall Bailey charged the pair with drug offenses after he reportedly found meth labs in the Leatherwood area. The case was reportedly dismissed because Trooper Bailey obtained the initial warrants for the couple in Clay County, believing they were Clay residents, and then discovered they lived in Nicholas County. The McClain's are free of all charges, since the charges cannot be re-filed in another jurisdiction. Trooper Bailey was one of seven State Policemen charged in a civil suit over an alleged drug raid on Calvin "Bob" Thorne of Ivydale. Police said Thorne was involved with the sale of methamphetamine, but the evidence turned out to be corn starch, according to a $5 million civil suit filed against the agency. The State Police settled with Thorne in an out of court settlement, after they forget the evidence on Thorne's front porch and had to return the next day to find it. (Read ARCHIVES 8/13/03)

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