According to Wayne County Sheriff Tim Catron a Monticello man has been arrested on drug related charges and on active arrest warrants.
The Monticello man was a fugitive from justice that the United States Federal Marshall Service with the assistance of the Wayne County Sheriff Office, and the Monticello Police Department attempted to located last week which were unable to locate at that time.
On September 9, 2026, at approximately 11:20 PM, Wayne County Sheriff Office Deputies Zachary Bybee and Deputy Nick Bertram located the man in an upstairs bedroom at a residence located on the Frank Bell Road. Deputies was able to take the man into custody without any resistance. While conducting a search incident to the arrest Deputies located a small amount of suspected methamphetamine inside a drug paraphernalia item.
Deputy Bybee charged and arrested Charles W. Bailey of Monticello, KY. for possession of a controlled substance-1st degree (methamphetamine), and possession of drug paraphernalia. Deputy Bybee also served and arrested Bailey on a Wayne County Circuit Court Warrant of Arrest for Probation Violation on the underlying charges of assault-1st degree (complicity), assault-2nd degree (complicity), tampering with physical evidence (complicity), persistent felony offender-1st degree, persistent felony offender-2nd degree (enhanced) and on a Wayne County District Court Complaint Warrant of Arrest for assault-4th degree (domestic violence), unlawful imprisonment-1st degree, and menacing.
Bailey was lodged in the Wayne County Detention Center.
The Wayne County Sheriff Office also arrested Alexander J. Stonewall of Monticello, KY. on a Wayne County Circuit Court Warrant of Arrest for failure to pay child support as ordered.
Stonewall was released from custody after posting a Bond