ON SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 2010, LIEUTENANT GREG IVEY OF THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WAS ON PATROL IN THE AREA OF JACKSON COUNTY ROAD #15 AND JACKSON COUNTY ROAD #31 DUE TO RECENT THEFTS IN THE AREA.

WHILE ON PATROL, LIEUTENANT IVEY OBSERVED A VEHICLE THAT HAD A LICENSE PLATE THAT COULDN'T BE READ.  IVEY THEN STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND MADE CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER WHO WAS IDENTIFIED AS BEING MURRY BLAKE JOHNSTON.

AFTER MAKING CONTACT WITH JOHNSTON, LIEUTENANT IVEY OBSERVED THAT THERE WERE SOME ROLLING PAPERS THAT JOHNSTON HAD STUCK BETWEEN HIS LEGS IN THE SEAT.  JOHNSTON THEN USED SOME MAIL FROM THE FLOORBOARD AND COVERED HIS LAP. 

LIEUTENANT IVEY THEN ASKED JOHNSTON TO EXIT THE VEHICLE AND WHEN JOHNSTON DID, IVEY OBSERVED A PLASTIC BAGGIE THAT WAS TIED IN A KNOT LYING ON THE SEAT.  A SHORT TIME LATER THIS ITEM WAS RECOVERED AND WAS DETERMINED TO BE SUSPECTED METHAMPHETAMINE.

UPON SPEAKING WITH JOHNSTON, HE STATED THAT HE DIDN'T USE METHAMPHETAMINE BUT THAT HE HAD USED SOME THE PREVIOUS DAY.  HE WAS ARRESTED FOR POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE WITH INTENT TO DELIVER AND ALSO ON AN OUTSTANDING WARRANT OUT OF CRAWFORD COUNTY, ARKANSAS.

ON SUNDAY, APRIL 18, 2010, INVESTIGATOR DAVID PLATT OF THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT EXECUTED A SEARCH WARRANT ON JOHNSTON'S VEHICLE.  DURING THE SEARCH WARRANT, MARIJUANA AND DRUG PARAPHERNALIA WERE FOUND.  ALSO FOUND IN THE VEHICLE WERE SEVERAL PAIRS OF LARGE WIRE CUTTERS AND A HARNESS.  ALSO FOUND IN THE VEHICLE WAS A PIECE OF WIRE THAT IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM A CENTER PIVOT IRRIGATION SYSTEM. 

ALSO, A SEARCH WARRANT WAS EXECUTED AT JOHNSTON'S LISTED ADDRESS IN THE BEEDEVILLE AREA OF JACKSON COUNTY BY CHIEF DEPUTY CHARLES VAUGHN, INVESTIGATOR DAVID PLATT AND INVESTIGATOR RICKY MORALES.

UPON THE SEARCH WARRANT BEING EXECUTED, ITEMS USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF METHAMPHETAMINE WERE FOUND AT THE RESIDENCE ALONG WITH WHAT APPEARED TO BE POSSIBLY THE INSULATOR FROM WIRE OFF OF A CENTER PIVOT IRRIGATION SYSTEM.