WHITE CO., Ill.—It’s been a busy day in White County, and here’s another press release from the authorities there about a troubled young man who’s been in the headlines before.
On March 5, 2014, the Southern Illinois Drug Task Force was advised by Indiana State Police they had identified two packages located at a Postal Delivery Service in Evansville Indiana
The packages were to be delivered to two addresses located in White County. The packages contained methamphetamine.
A detail was organized involving the Drug Task Force, White County Sheriff’s Office, Illinois State Police and Carmi Police Department.. The package was delivered to a residence located at 1009 W Main, Crossville, Illinois.
Luke L Burnett resides at this residence. Burnett signed for the package, and was placed under arrest at that time.
A search warrant was obtained by State’s Attorney Denton Aud for the residence.During service of the search warrant another amount of methamphetamine and cannabis were recovered from the residence. The package delivered contained approximately 227 grams of crystal methamphetamine.
Burnett was transported to tthe White County Jail. Burnett has been charged with Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine, more than 30 grams. White County SA Denton Aud will file formal charges.
Regular readers will recall Burnett from this incident here awhile back. We’ll see how this current issue shakes out for him.