LENOIR, NC (Jun 12, 2018)…On June 12th, 2018 at 10:10 am officers of the Lenoir Police Department located Kenneth McBride at 817 Corpening Pl. Lenoir NC. At that time McBride was arrested for possession of a stolen license plate. The license plate had been reported stolen from Burke County on May 5th, 2018. McBride was arrested and transported to the Lenoir Police Department where officers attempted to interview him. McBride was later charged with 1 ct. (F) Conspiracy to Traffic in More than 400 Grams of Methamphetamine due to an ongoing undercover investigation which included investigators from Lenoir Police Department, Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office, Boone Police Department, and the Watagua County Sheriff’s Office.
McBride received a $200,000.00 secured bond. His initial court date is scheduled for 06-13-2018. Anyone with information regarding this, or any other, crime is asked to contact the Lenoir Police Department at 757-2100 or the Lenoir/Caldwell County Crime Stoppers at 758/8300.