Cherokee County Sheriff’s Investigators executed a search warrant at 6555 Southeast Wyandotte Road in Crestline on Thursday afternoon as part of an investigation into an alleged armed assault that had occurred last week.

 

During the course of the search, detectives would discover a suspected methamphetamine lab, cultivated marijuana, drug paraphernalia, methamphetamine, firearms and a stolen vehicle.

 

In a press release released later on Thursday, the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office announced that 58 year-old Joseph Palmer was arrested at the scene.

 

Palmer was transported to the Cherokee County Jail where he is being held without bond on allegations of Manufacturing Methamphetamine, Cultivation of Marijuana, Possession of Marijuana with Intent to Distribute, Criminal Use of a Firearm, Aggravated Battery, Aggravated Assault, Felony Possession of Stolen Property, Possession of Methamphetamine, Possession of Marijuana and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.

 

The Kansas Bureau of Investigation assisted Cherokee County Investigators in processing the scene.