According to the Mayfield Police Department, officers were dispatched to the area of AAA Storage in reference to two people dumping trash out of a vehicle behind the buildings. When police arrived, they found a vehicle with two people inside.
After a discussion with police, the two occupants gathered the items in question and left the scene. Police then learned that one of the occupants had thrown an item out the window prior to their arrival. Police searched the area and found a quantity of packaged methamphetamine.
Later one of the occupants, Steven Beasley, returned to the area to retrieve the discarded drugs, and was placed under arrest. According to police, Beasley was found in possession of approximately $2,100 in cash, which they seized.
Beasley was charged with trafficking methamphetamine, tampering with physical evidence and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was lodged in the Graves County Jail.
