Published: September 10, 2018

A COUPLE CONSIDERED ARMED AND WANTED OUT OF KENTUCKY WERE ARRESTED WEDNESDAY IN WAYNE COUNTY.  ACCORDING TO MEDIA SOURCES, THE US MARSHALL'S, ALONG WITH OFFICERS FROM THE WAYNESBORO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE WAYNE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, LOCATED THE COUPLE IN A STOLEN CAMPER AT THE WAYNESBORO RV PARK.  MATTHEW GREGORY JACKSON, AGE 34, AND ASHLEY NICOLE LAUREANO, AGE 33, BOTH OF MADISONVILLE, KENTUCKY, WERE LIVING IN THE CAMPER ALONG WITH AN 18 MONTH OLD CHILD.  BOTH WERE WANTED ON MULTIPLE FELONY CHARGES OUT OF KENTUCKY AND WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY WITHOUT INCIDENT.  A SEARCH OF THE CAMPER REVEALED THREE HANDGUNS ALONG WITH 27.8 GRAMS OF A WHITE CRYSTAL-LIKE SUBSTANCE BELIEVED TO BE METHAMPHETAMINE AND A SMALL BAG OF A GREEN LEAFY SUBSTANCE BELIEVED TO BE MARIJUANA.  JACKSON AND LAUREANO, FACE CHARGES OF POSSESSION OF STOLEN PROPERTY OVER $10,000, SIMPLE POSSESSION OF SCHEDULE VI, POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, POSSESSION OF SCHEDULE II WITH INTENT FOR RESALE, POSSESSION OF A FIREARM DURING A DANGEROUS FELONY, FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM, AND CHILD ENDANGERMENT. THE YOUNG CHILD WAS TAKEN INTO DCS CUSTODY. JACKSON AND LAUREANO ARE BEING HELD IN THE WAYNE COUNTY JAIL WITH NO BOND.