Multiple Cocaine-Related Arrests in Owensboro
By: Nichole Berlie
Updated: July 6, 2007
Police raided an Owensboro home looking for drugs...and got an unexpected surprise.
An anonymous tip led police to 819 E. 15th Street on Tuesday.
Police went to investigate and arrested three people --- 51-year-old Michael Leon Showers, 51, Matthew Williams, 42, and Earnell Willis McRath, 45. All three face multiple charges, including drug-trafficking.
Police say as detectives were searching the home, four more people came to the door to buy drugs.
The detectives posed as dealers, made the sales, and were able to arrest and charge all four people.
A short while later, another potential customer was busted.
Bringing the total to eight cocaine-related arrests.
The other five people arrested in the bust were Armando Mendoza, Lori Mulholland, Christopher Ellinger, Calvert Harmon, and Laura Crowe.
