L'Burg Man, KY Woman Accused Of Dealing Methamphetamine

Deputies were in the right place at the right time.

Jeffrey M. Bruce and Courtney McCracken. Photos by the Dearborn County Sheriff's Department. 

(Lawrenceburg, Ind.) - A Lawrenceburg man and Kentucky woman have been accused of dealing methamphetamine. 

On February 13, Aurora Police made two arrests in a fast food restaurant parking lot on U.S. 50 in Lawrenceburg, where they located Jeffrey M. Bruce, who had a warrant out for his arrest. 

The 25-year-old from Lawrenceburg was apprehended quickly and without incident. 

Before being placed in the police cruiser, Bruce yelled out to a passenger in the vehicle he was standing next to, Courtney McCracken, that "the back seat is removable." Deputies asked what that meant, and Bruce responded, "there is a person in there." 

Police say they did not find a person behind the back seat, but they did allegedly find 12.6 grams of a crystal-like rocks identified as methamphetamine, two BB handguns, a set of digital scales, a straw, an uncapped syringe, a glass pipe and other drug paraphernalia. Upon arriving at Dearborn County Jail, police say they also located a small baggie containing heroin underneath the seat Bruce was transported on. 

Bruce is charged with Attempted Dealing in Methamphetamine (Level 2 felony), Dealing in Methamphetamine (Level 2 felony) and Possession of a Narcotic Drug. 

McCracken, 18, of Booneville, Kentucky, is also charged with Attempted Dealing in Methamphetamine (Level 2 felony), Dealing in Methamphetamine (Level 2 felony). 

Both are currently being held in the Dearborn County Law Enforcement Center. 

Bruce is being held on $5,000 cash and $50,000 surety bond out of Circuit Court, consecutive to $5,000 cash bond and $10,000 cash bond out of Superior Court I and Superior Court II, respectively. 

McCracken is held on $100,000 surety and $1,500 cash bond.