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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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