Controlled purchases prompt warrants

SOUTH POINT — A Huntington man was charged with trafficking in drugs, following the execution of a search warrant at a South Point motel.

According to a news release from Lawrence County Prosecuting Attorney Brigham Anderson, controlled purchases of heroin in the South Point area were completed from Keyen Lamar McJimpson, 39.

Officers from the Lawrence Drug & Major Crimes Task Force, Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office, and the Ironton Police Department executed a search warrant at the Grandview Inn located in South Point, and seized approximately three ounces of herion and cash, the attorney’s office said.

McJimpson will be arraigned in Lawrence County Municipal Court on today.