Madison County Drug Arrests

(Richmond)  Two men were arrested Thursday after Madison County Sheriff’s Deputies found more than $25,000 in cash and drugs in their vehicle. Arrested were 23-year-old Shannon R. Alexander, of Detroit, Mich., and 38-year-old Kenny D. Bledsoe, of Richmond. Deputies stopped the vehicle on I-75 near mile marker 95, said Dep. Willard Reardon, spokesperson for the sheriff’s office. They found $13,000 in cash and almost $13,000 in pain pills. The Central Kentucky Area Drug Task Force assisted in the arrests, Reardon said. Both men were lodged in the Madison County Detention Center.