Mar 22, 2023

Kan. man caught with fentanyl during arrest is back in jail

Posted Mar 22, 2023 12:00 AM
Lurquin-photo Atchison Co.
Lurquin-photo Atchison Co.

ATCHISON COUNTY—A Kansas man jailed for drug possession in January is back in jail on new charges.

On Monday, police arrested 24-year-old Justin L. Lurquin of Atchison on a Community Corrections detain order, according to Police Chief Mike Wilson.

In January, police arrested  him on District and Municipal Court warrants for failure to appear in court and a requested charge of possession of fentanyl after officers found it on his person. 

In January of 2022, police arrested him for alleged drug possession, according to online jail records.