Two Arrested, After Battery Report Leads to Discovery of Meth

 

Two Knox residents were arrested Monday, after a battery report allegedly led to the discovery of methamphetamine. Starke County Police say that around 2:45 Monday afternoon, they got a 911 call from a woman who said she’d been battered by her boyfriend while they were driving on Toto Road.

When police were able to catch up to the vehicle on 300 East, the woman was reportedly bleeding from her face. She told the deputy that an argument with her boyfriend became violent.

Police arrested the boyfriend, Donald Fletcher, 49, and called Starke County EMS to help with the woman’s injuries. While speaking to her, the deputy reportedly noticed signs of impairment pointing to amphetamine use.

Officers say she agreed to a search, and the deputy found that she had two baggies of a white powdery substance, which tested positive for methamphetamine. The woman, identified as Kaylee Patterson, 21, was then arrested.

Police say the couple’s 18-month-old child was also in the vehicle and was placed in the custody of Child Protective Services.

Donald Fletcher
Kaylee Patterson