Published: September 8, 2021

A LAUDERDALE COUNTY MAN WAS ARRESTED OVER THE WEEKEND ON DRUG CHARGES IN WAYNE COUNTY FOLLOWING A TRAFFIC STOP. MEDIA SOURCES REPORT A DEPUTY WITH THE WAYNE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT INITIATED THE STOP ON SUNDAY FOR A SEAT BELT VIOLATION. THE DRIVER, IDENTIFIED AS KENNETH DEWAYNE COKER, 33, OF FLORENCE, WAS ASKED TO STEP OUT OF THE VEHICLE AT WHICH TIME TWO NEEDLES WERE ALLEGEDLY FOUND IN THE DRIVERS SEAT ALONG WITH A CIGARETTE PACK WHICH COKER ADVISED CONTAINED 5 GRAMS OF METHAMPHETAMINE. TWO XANAX PILLS AND SUBSTANCE BELIEVED TO BE HEROIN WAS ALSO DISCOVERED IN COKER'S WALLET. COKER FACES CHARGES OF POSSESSION OF SCHEDULE 1 HEROIN, MANUFACTURE/DELIVERY/SELL/POSSESSION OF METH, SIMPLE POSSESSION OF SCHEDULE IV, POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, AND DRIVING ON A SUSPENDED LICENSE. HE WAS BOOKED INTO THE WAYNE COUNTY JAIL ON A 190,000 THOUSAND DOLLAR BOND.