On June 11, 2022,  Kingston Police Department officers arrived at the Dollar General located on Gallaher Road on a subject slumped over in a vehicle call. Upon officers’ arrival, the subject was awake and appeared to be disoriented. The subject was identified as Samuel Lane, 25 years old. When Mr. Lane stepped out of the vehicle, Captain Tony Guy observed a hypodermic needle sticking out of his pants pocket and observed a small plastic container on the floorboard with short straws in it commonly associated with illegal narcotics usage. The plastic container contained two cut straws and a plastic bag with a brown substance thought to be heroin. The suspected heroin weighed .8 grams.

Mr. Lane had brought Robert Bolden, 53 years old, to the store. Officers had prior knowledge that Robert Bolden had an outstanding failure to appear warrant for his arrest. Officer David Choate escorted Robert Bolden outside. Central Dispatch confirmed the warrant. Upon searching Robert Bolden, a large amount of drug paraphernalia was found including shortcut straws and hypodermic needles. Also found in Robert Bolden’s pockets were 5.7 grams of suspected methamphetamine, 6.8 grams of suspected heroin, 2.3 grams of suspected marijuana, and $2740.00 in cash.

Samuel Lane was arrested and charged with simple possession of heroin and possession of drug paraphernalia. Robert Bolden was arrested and charged with two counts of manufacture/ sale and delivery of the controlled substance, simple possession of marijuana, failure to appear, and possession of drug paraphernalia. The $2740.00 in Robert Bolden’s possession was seized.