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On Sunday afternoon, January 29, 2023, the Columbia Police Department was dispatched to Walmart on Burkesville Street for a suspicious person call.
Upon arrival, a CPD offficer approached the male subject and called him by name in the parking lot. The subject fled on foot through Walmart parking lot. He was apprehended after a brief foot pursuit and was found to possess paraphernalia and suspected methamphetamine.
Anthony Cook, 32, of Russell Springs, KY has been charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, fleeing and evading 1st degree, and trafficking in a controlled substance (methamphetamine). Cook additionally had four outstanding warrants. He was lodged in the Adair County Regional Jail.
Officer Trevor Foster made the arrest. He was assisted by Officer Joey Keith and Sgt Drew Conn.
