MT. VERNON, IL — Two people were arrested on drug charges Tuesday after the High-Risk Team executed a search warrant on a residence in the 2300 block of Brownsville Road in Mt. Vernon.
According to the Mt. Vernon Police Department (MVPD), 35-year-old Princeton T. Turner was arrested at the residence and charged in Jefferson County Court Wednesday with Class X felony aggravated delivery of between 15 and 100 grams of methamphetamine from a protected structure. He remains in the Jefferson County Jail and is next scheduled to appear in court March 24th for a preliminary hearing and first appearance with his court appointed attorney. Turner was additionally arrested on a Jefferson County warrant charging him with Possession of Methamphetamine. Bond on the warrant is set at $30,000
Also, arrested at the Brownsville Road home Tuesday was 31-year-old Kassi B Williams. She was charged Wednesday in Jefferson County Court with Class 3 felony Possession of less than 5 grams of Methamphetamine and is next scheduled to appear in court March 24th for a preliminary hearing and first appearance with her court appointed attorney. She was also arrested on an outstanding Washington County warrant for Possession of Methamphetamine. Bond on the warrant is set at $20,000.
Police say the arrests were the result of an on-going investigation by the MVPD/Jefferson County Sherriff’s Department Joint Narcotics Unit who had received a narcotics related search warrant for the residence. During a search of the residence, detectives also reportedly located quantities of methamphetamine.