According to Wayne County Sheriff Tim Catron a shoplifter complaint at the Dollar General Store on East KY. Highway 92 has resulted in a Wayne County man being arrest for drug possession.
On May 27, 2026, Wayne County Sheriff Office Deputy Brad Tucker was dispatched to the store for the shoplifter complaint at approximately 6:15 pm. Upon Deputy Tucker arriving he learned that the male suspect had walked outside then reentered the store and was now located in the rear of the store. When Deputy Tucker located the suspect he admitted to the taking of some Gorilla Glue and when going outside he placed it on his motorcycle. While doing a search of the suspect Deputy Tucker located a small bag of a crystal substance known to be methamphetamine.
Store employees chose not to press the shoplifting charge and to just wanted him trespassed from the store.
Deputy Tucker then charged and arrested Brian Day of Monticello, KY. for possession of a controlled substance-1st degree (methamphetamine). Day was lodged in the Wayne County Detention Center