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Ashland man arrested on charge of drug trafficking

June 12, 2009 @ 11:10 PM

SUMMIT, Ky. -- Boyd County sheriff's deputies arrested an Ashland man Thursday evening on a charge of trafficking in a controlled substance (marijuana) within 1,000 yards of a school.

James E. Damron Jr., 30, of Ashland, was arrested at 6:54 p.m. Thursday on U.S. 60 west of Ashland near the Boyd County Middle School and taken to the Boyd County Detention Center. His vehicle also was seized, according to a news release.