Virginia woman arrested for meth trafficking after passing through Pike roadblock

Cherish Dawn Conaway
Cherish Dawn Conaway

HARDY, Ky. — A Virginia woman was arrested after police found meth in her car when she passed through a Pike County roadblock.

Pike County sheriff’s deputies were staging the checkpoint Saturday night along Route 319 at Hardy, when Cherish Dawn Conaway, 19, of Cedar Bluff, came driving through. Officers immediately smelled marijuana when they spoke with her, so they had her pull to the side.

Officer then found a small bag of meth under the driver’s seat, as well as a larger bag of a white powder in the glove compartment. Conaway told officers the second bag contained powdered sugar, but they believed it to be meth as well.

Conaway was arrested and charged with meth trafficking, meth possession and possession of drug paraphernalia. She bonded out of jail on Monday after posting a $5,000 cash bond.