MAY 15, 2022
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEWS RELEASE #22-0515-1
CONTACT: SHERIFF TIM MORSE 785-364-2251
Jeanata L. Valentine
Woman arrested on cocaine charge
JACKSON COUNTY, Kan. (JASO) – Sheriff Tim Morse reports on 5/14/2022 at 10:40AM, a Jackson County Sheriff’s Deputy stopped a 2020 Hyundai Elantra for allegedly failing to display a license plate on the vehicle in the 100 block of Arizona Ave. in Holton. During the traffic stop, a hallucinogenic drug was found in the vehicle. A subsequent search was conducted by deputies of a room at the Red Roof Inn located in Holton where the driver was believed to be staying. A substance believed to be cocaine was seized with drug paraphernalia. The driver, Jeanata Larae Valentine, 29, of Holton was arrested and transported to the Jackson County Jail. Valentine was booked in on the following charges: possession of cocaine, possession of a hallucinogenic drug, possession of drug paraphernalia, trafficking contraband into a correctional facility.