Investigation of missing Amazon packages snares Murray man, includes drug charges

An investigation into missing Amazon packages snared a Murray man and included some additional drug charges.

Calloway County Sheriff’s deputies and detectives opened an investigation back in October into a report of Amazon packages being dumped in a cemetery. Surveillance was set up in an attempt to gather evidence and determine a suspect. Then on Saturday, deputies were sent to the cemetery because packages were reportedly being dumped there.

Deputies caught up with 20-year-old Bailey Blankenship, and in addition to packages located in the cemetery, others were allegedly located in Blankenship’s vehicle. Blankenship was arrested, and during that process, cocaine was said to have been found on his person and in the vehicle. He was booked into the Calloway County Detention Facility and charged with possession of cocaine and theft by failure to make required disposition under $10,000; both charges are felonies.

Deputies and detectives then became delivery drivers and worked through Saturday night to get the recovered packages to their rightful owners.