8/27/2008

ABILENE — A Junction City man and a Herington woman were arrested on felony drug charges after a Dickinson County sheriff’s deputy found about 9 1/2 grams of methamphetamine on the man’s person during a traffic stop Tuesday on Interstate Highway 70.
During an interview after the arrest, James W. Lightfoot, 22, Junction City, and Chenoa Schlesener, 24, Herington, told agents of the I-135/I-70 Drug Task Force that they were headed to Salina to distribute the drug, said Lt. James Swisher of the task force.
Dickinson County sheriff’s deputy Chris Farris stopped the car driven by Schlesener near the Jeep Road exit about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. Lightfoot was a passenger in the vehicle, according to a news release.
Lightfoot and Schlesener are in the Dickinson County Jail awaiting first appearances on charges of possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, possession of drug paraphernalia, failure to obtain a drug tax stamp and conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.