At around 6:00 am Thursday, deputies with the McCracken and Marshall County Sheriff’s Departments executed a search warrant at 11710 Woodville Road in the Kevil area. Police said when they went into the home, a deputy shot a dog that lunged and tried to bite him.
Detectives said there were four adults, one child and four other dogs inside the home. Animal control arrived and took the dogs from the property before deputies searched the home.
During the search, detectives said they found and seized marijuana, scales, drug packaging materials, a loaded shotgun, ammunition and more than $10,000 they believed to be proceeds of illegal drug sales.
Detectives arrested 21-year-old Corey Leonard and 23-year-old Caleb Scronce, both of Paducah. They are both charged with firearm enhanced 2nd offense trafficking in marijuana, possession of firearm by a convicted felon, possession of marijuana, drug paraphernalia and harboring a vicious animal.
They were taken to McCracken County Jail. The child was released to a family member. Police said Leonard and Scronce had been involved in the sale of marijuana for the past 2-3 months.
Scronce was on felony parole at the time of his arrest.
