Owensboro Police Department
• Jared Carter, 44, of the 0-100 block of Dublin Lane was charged Monday with first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance (meth).
• Eric A. Bell, 34, homeless, was charged Monday with first-degree possession of a controlled substance (meth).
• Blaine Austin Burden, 23, of the 3500 block of Christie Place was charged Monday with possession of a handgun by a convicted felon and first-degree possession of a controlled substance (meth).
• Brandon K. Sutton, 29, of the 2500 block of East Harmon Ferry Road was charged Monday with first-degree possession of a controlled substance (meth).
• Michael A. Barrows, 28, of the 1800 block of West Sixth Street was charged Tuesday with first-degree strangulation.