After drugs were found during a search of a Linton man and woman’s residence, she refused to talk to officers but he allegedly said he used the meth to stay up to work on the house, used the marijuana for his ulcers and the mushrooms for migraines but he didn’t have a medical reason for the “Molly.”  

Phillip Kane Meurer, 25, and Kinley Blake Wells, 30, both from Linton, were arrested by Officer Janzen Franklin of the Linton Police Department early Tuesday, September 14, as a result of an investigation that started on Monday, September 13.

On that Monday, Officer Franklin started investigating a possible theft someone went to the police department and alleged that Kinley Wells had been making fraudulent transactions on the bank account of a family member.

After taking the initial report, Officer Franklin attempted to locate Wells at her residence on South County Road 1100 West in the Linton area and reported that as he was walking up to the residence, he could smell the odor of burnt marijuana.

With LPD Officer Alan Jackson assisting on the scene, Officer Franklin talked to both Wells and Phillip Meurer, who were both living there. Meurer invoked his rights and asked the officers not to search the residence. Officer Franklin then asked for a search warrant which was approved.

Detective David Elmore of the Greene County Sheriff’s Department then arrived to assist and when the search was executed around 1 a.m. on Tuesday, September 14, officers reported finding a glass smoking device with a white residue and a black stone with a white residue in the kitchen, and a multicolored smoking device with burnt residue and Wells’s state ID card inside a backpack in the living room.

In one bedroom, officers reported finding a pill bottle with multiple green broken pills that Meurer later said were “Molly,” a bag with multiple brown tablets and a zip bag with a brown fungus that Muerer later said were “mushrooms.”

In another bedroom they reported finding multiple bags with a plant material that field-tested positive as marijuana, a zip bag with a crystal substance that field-tested positive as methamphetamine, a zip bag with a fungus material, multiple smoking devices and grinders, and one loaded revolver and another revolver.

When Meurer was interviewed later at the police department, he allegedly said he uses the meth to keep him up to fix up the house he and Wells were moving into, uses the mushrooms to help his migraines and uses the marijuana to help with his ulcers. He allegedly said he didn’t have the “Molly” for a medical reason, and just hadn’t taken it yet. He further said the revolvers were his and allegedly admitted he had more meth in his wallet. The officers found the meth in the wallet.

Wells invoked her rights and declined to be interviewed by officers.

Both were taken into custody and transported to the Greene County Jail where they were booked in between 4:24 and 5:18 a.m. and held without bond pending court appearance.

Meurer has been charged with:

• Possession of methamphetamine in an amount between five and ten grams, a Level 5 felony,

• Possession of marijuana, a Class B misdemeanor, and

• Possession of paraphernalia, a Class C misdemeanor.

Wells has been charged with:

• Possession of methamphetamine, a Level 6 felony,

• Possession of marijuana, a Class B misdemeanor, and

• Possession of paraphernalia, a Class C misdemeanor.

Meurer’s bond was set at $11,000 surety with ten percent cash allowed, Wells at $5,000 surety with ten percent cash allowed. Both have since posted bond and been released from custody.